a curious incedent of the dog in the night time

Christopher never really talked to his neighbour’s but if he wanted to find out about anything to do with Wellington’s death then he would have to talk to them.  When he spoke to Mrs Shears, he asked her “Do you Know who killed Wellington?” but Christopher can’t read emotions and Mrs Shears “Just said, ‘goodbye Christopher,’ and closed the door”.  For an intelligent boy he does not have much common sense because she is still upset about the whole “Curious Incident” and he doesn’t think about this.  Mrs Shears has a fair idea about who killed Wellington but does not tell him because she does not want involved and it would also ruin the plot of the story.  Christopher needs help at school because he suffers from Autism and needs help in school.  Siobhan helps him learn different emotions to help him during his life.  “I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them what they met” This shows us that she cares about him and she wants to help him learn about the different emotions that we go through in life.  

Christopher and his mum had a good relationship before she disappeared from his life.  They were on holiday and she pretended to be attacked by a shark in front of Christopher.  “Come on Christopher, touch my hand, come on now, stop screaming. Touch my hand, listen to me you can do it”.  Christopher has memories of when his mum was still alive, because of his autism he does not understand expressions and emotions and thinks it’s real and starts screaming.  The only way to stop him is by spreading her fingers like a fan and getting him to touch them but this is the hard bit because she needs Christopher’s trust.

After he finds out that his dad has hidden the letters and finds out that his mother is still alive, he wants to go stay with his mum. “Then I decided what to do because I couldn’t live in the house with father anymore because it was dangerous”.  Christopher did not trust his dad anymore because of what he had done to keep his mother out of his life.  Christopher’s dad had been helping Christopher throught his life “I cooked his meals. I cleaned his clothes.  I looked after him at the weekends. I was devoted to him all his live and have done everything for him.  .  I took him to the doctors when he was ill”. He did all of these things because his mum deserted him but he still wants to stay with her because his father has lied to him about Wellington and Christopher does not trust him.

The relationship between Christopher’s mum and dad is based on lies.  Christopher’s mum and dad split up because his mum ran away with Mr. Shears.  His dad’s reaction is that he cuts her out of his life by hiding the letters from Christopher, but it is important that Christopher’s dad keeps the letters otherwise it would ruin the plot to the story.  His dad killed Wellington for revenge against Mr. Shears. This triggers off the mystery of “The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time’ for Christopher to solve and he discovers the letters about his mum and goes to find her.  Since Christopher wants to stay with his mum, this means they are going to have to come to some sort of arrangement to look after him.

In “The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time’ Christopher has changed through out the novel because of how the relationship within the family affects the events and outcome of the story.. Christopher finds out that his dad killed Mrs Shears dog, Wellington, which acts as a catalyst to unravel the story of finding his mum.  His mum has been cut out of his life by his dad by hiding letters that she wrote to him.  By the end of the novel Christopher has matured and is looking forward to going to university and looks forward to a new relationship with his mum and dad.