Christopher's dad, because he wanted to get back at Mrs Shears (who he'd had a brief 'fling' with after her husband, Mr Shears, ran off with his [the dad's] wife, who's not really dead).
His original goal was to figure out who killed Wellington, but this elevates into trying to find his mother by going to London by himself. He also tries to pass A-Level maths during the book.
Christopher's father.
It depends which publication you get. My copy (VINTAGE books, 2004) reads:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out of a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.
He'd never gone beyond the end of his road alone before, but he manages to make it from Swindon to London by himself, going through all sorts of ordeals and meeting all sorts of terrifying people.
Although the book doesn't clearly state it, it is implied that he goes to a special school for the disabled.
Wellington.
Finn, a shy 15-year-old, never dreamed that his life would change one summer. When a new girl moves in next door, it changes all of Finn's ideas of how he wants to spend the summer, and he learns about himself and that family is more about the people you meet along the way rather than who you are related to.
He lives in Swindon, England, and later moves in with his mum in London.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ended with Christopher Boone getting an A grade in his A-level maths exam. His dad also gave him a Golden Retriever puppy in which he named Sandy. He also changed his dream career from being an astronaut to being a scientist.
The effects of having asperger's syndrome (autism) and family is what I thought.
Hope this helps xx
Think about particular objects *cough* maybe color involved*cough* that had a profound effect on Christopher.
Because in chapter 19 Christopher states he gives them prime numbers because he likes prime numbers
A kid (Christopher) with autism finds his next door neighbour's dog dead in the garden. He sets it as his task to find out who killed the dog and why, and decides to right a book about it. only then His dad gets really angry at this because he found out what he was doing about this murder case, we later find out that this is because Chris's father was in fact the one who killed the dog.
He also told Christopher that his mother was dead, but Christopher later finds out that his mother is very much in fact alive and living in London, and he goes and lives with her for a while. Then him and his mother drive back to their house in swindon, however there is a lot of traffic on the way so it takes them longer. Then they arrive at the house around one in the morning, and Chris runs up to his room; when the clock strikes 6:30am Chris here's his father come in and pushes his bed to the door so that he couldn't come in and as he is listening with his ear pushed up against the door all he can hear is them screaming at each other. Then Chris's dad leaves for a week or two and Chris and his mum get the house for a while; but Chris is devastated when he can't take his A level this year; as Chris arrives at school he suddenly cheers up when he can his A level for maths after all. As Chris's father came to see him; he was so proud of Chris for taking his exams and told him that he will do fine. one week later his mother was told that she had to move out but she couldn't because she had barely any money to pay rents for a flat; while this was happening Chris was wondering if his father was going to get arrested for killing the dog; turns out he hadn't. When Chris was getting picked up from his father's house he refused to talk to him, so his father made a deal with him that he would help Christopher trust him with all his heart like the old days. Then to make Christopher believe that he was being nice and trustful his dad bought him a golden retriever that is only two months old; and Christopher loved the dog and decided to call his new dog sandy. When things got back to normal and there was no more drama Chris got books for his A level so that when he was 0lder he could become a successful scientist's; and for some reason he already knew he would achieve this, with all his effort in school!
None of the major study guide publishers have published one yet, but you can order a downloadable set of notes from a small company that produces them.
Amazon.com shows a title The Bookclub-in-a-Box Discussion Guide to the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the novel by Mark Haddon by Marilyn Herbert It gets a good customer review from a college prof.
The first person; from the point of view of the main charcter, Christopher; using "I" rather than "he".
I think it is because of the unique perspective. You do not get a lot of books from the perspective of an autistic person.
The book is also very well written, has a certain amount of humour (from our P.O.V.), and what likely draws people in is the interesting title.
That's why I like the book, anyway.
Christopher Boone is an interesting character in many ways.
Color - He has an aversion to the colors brown and yellow and will not eat foods that are those colors. He is also afraid of and avoids double yellow lines, custard, yellow fever and sweet corn.
Light - Christopher likes when its dark outside because he likes the stars and imagines (dreams) of becoming an astronaut because he likes being alone all by himself with no one else near him. In space he would be very far from anyone else.