Nighttime Sacrifice
Importance of Sacrifices By The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Have you ever felt lonely? Not understood? In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, Christopher Boone, the main character, faces the same situation everyday from not being able to communicate with others properly to not understanding people. Christopher has these social problems because he has an unstated form of autism, a condition that makes parents work harder and put in more effort than other parents may. This message is seen in the book as Haddon relays the importance of sacrifices that parents and rolemodels need to make for their child to succeed through the painful sacrifices and change of lifestyle made by
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From knowing every like and dislike of Christopher to taking care of all his needs, Christopher‘s father did a lot for him. When Christopher‘s mother went away to London with Mr. Shears, Christopher‘s father did not tell him about it, instead he told Christopher that his mother had passed away. Although, this seems like a horrible lie from a reader‘s perspective, Christopher‘s father made this decision by keeping Chistopher‘s best interest in mind. He said “I said she‘s in the hospital because…because I didn‘t know how to explain…”(114). It hurt Christopher‘s dad a lot by not being able to share his grief with his only child, but even Christopher admits “I didn‘t understand about other people having minds” (116). If his father confessed to Christopher that his mother had left them, it would …show more content…
An example of this was when Christopher and his father were heading to the zoo. Christopher’s father started by making sandwiches because Christopher states “I don’t like eating from places I don’t know” (86). He also made sure it was forecast to rain so that many people would not be there as Christopher remarked “I don’t like crowds of people” (86). This ordinary exchange between Christopher and his father shows how well his father knows every single one of Christopher’s preferances. Also, Christopher’s father moved out of his own home when Christopher and his mother came back from London. He could not even come back to collect his things or see Christopher since Christopher would scream if he came. When he did visit his house then he had to reassure Christopher and say “don’t scream, OK, Christopher. I’m not going to hurt you” (209). Even though, the house was Christopher’s father’s and he could have taken serious measures, he did not since he cared for Christopher and wanted him to have a roof over his head. Lastly, a huge change of life that was caused by Christopher was him being the wedge that pulled his parents apart. When Christpher read his mother’s letter she stated “maybe if things had been different, maybe if you’d been differant (sic), I might have been better at it” (106). This honest confession reveals that
From knowing every like and dislike of Christopher to taking care of all his needs, Christopher‘s father did a lot for him. When Christopher‘s mother went away to London with Mr. Shears, Christopher‘s father did not tell him about it, instead he told Christopher that his mother had passed away. Although, this seems like a horrible lie from a reader‘s perspective, Christopher‘s father made this decision by keeping Chistopher‘s best interest in mind. He said “I said she‘s in the hospital because…because I didn‘t know how to explain…”(114). It hurt Christopher‘s dad a lot by not being able to share his grief with his only child, but even Christopher admits “I didn‘t understand about other people having minds” (116). If his father confessed to Christopher that his mother had left them, it would …show more content…
An example of this was when Christopher and his father were heading to the zoo. Christopher’s father started by making sandwiches because Christopher states “I don’t like eating from places I don’t know” (86). He also made sure it was forecast to rain so that many people would not be there as Christopher remarked “I don’t like crowds of people” (86). This ordinary exchange between Christopher and his father shows how well his father knows every single one of Christopher’s preferances. Also, Christopher’s father moved out of his own home when Christopher and his mother came back from London. He could not even come back to collect his things or see Christopher since Christopher would scream if he came. When he did visit his house then he had to reassure Christopher and say “don’t scream, OK, Christopher. I’m not going to hurt you” (209). Even though, the house was Christopher’s father’s and he could have taken serious measures, he did not since he cared for Christopher and wanted him to have a roof over his head. Lastly, a huge change of life that was caused by Christopher was him being the wedge that pulled his parents apart. When Christpher read his mother’s letter she stated “maybe if things had been different, maybe if you’d been differant (sic), I might have been better at it” (106). This honest confession reveals that