After reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, I noticed a theme. I noticed that Chris gets to the same solution a regular person would just in a different way. For example, someone might find out their mom is alive just by someone telling them. Christopher had to go through the steps of solving Wellington's murder to find out his father lied to him. This is a big theme throughout the story. I have also noticed that each event leads up to the next. For example, Chris finds Wellington which leads him to an investigation which helps him find out that his mother is still alive and she had an affair with Mr. Shears.
I enjoyed the ending of this book because it was good to see that Chris trusted his dad more and he spent more time with him. Also, he got to spend time with his mother. I think this was a good ending because it was what Chris and his dad mostly wanted. Chris wanted to see his mother and Chris's dad got to spend more time with him and start to regain his trust.
I noticed that throughout the last section of the book, I felt badly for Chris's father. I felt bad because he was dealing with his child running away to the woman who left him for his neighbor.
Throughout the book, Chris slowly got over his fears. He is always getting out of his comfort zone. For example, when he is finding the train station, he has to talk to a stranger. Also, he gets a train ticket at the station and it is yellow, which he hates. No matter what, he has to take the ticket to find his mother.
I think this story has really good imagery. Because he is autistic, he pays a lot of attention to detail and remembers much of it. It gives the reader a good idea of what everything looks like and helps you focus on the plot instead of trying to imagine the imagery. Also, I like how the author includes random things that appear to have nothing to do with the story. Some infuse humor and some are just there because he wants to show what autistic people are like.
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