Dog In The Nighttime Isolation

In the book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” by Mark Haddon, a boy named Christopher Boone tries to solve the mystery of who murder his neighbor's dog Welinton, but finds himself revealing other major secrets. As the story progress the readers will find themselves wondering why Christopher isn't like any other kid they know or read about. When the reasons to why he act or does what he does become clear reader's viewpoint on Christopher will shift. Christopher seems to suffer from his mental and emotional state because he’s isolated, doesn’t understand others and is sensitive to the outside world.
Christopher suffers from his mental state because he’s isolation. Christopher is talking about a perfect dream he had where almost …show more content…
Christopher saw that toby had escaped and was in the lower bit where the rails were, so he climbed down to get toby out. And then he heard a loud noise which meant the train was coming but he didn’t move. “And the man with the diamond patterns on his socks grabbed a hold of me and pulled me and I screamed but he kept pulling me…”( Haddon 183). A lady asked if christopher was ok and she touched his arm, which cause him to scream. The lady backed up, then she kneeled down to where Christopher was and asked if she could do anything for him. “‘Stand farther away,’ because I didn’t like her being so close. And I said, ‘I’ve got a swiss army knife and it has a saw blade and it could curt someone's finger off’” (Haddon 184). Christopher suffers because he can't easily read human emotion like other kids his age can, which causes him to react differently in situations. For example he can’t tell if someone is trying to help him or when they are trying to harm him so he’s constantly frightened of others. Even if he’s in a dangerous situation he won't let anyone near …show more content…
Christopher was in the middle of a big room in the train station. The room was filled up with signs and really loud noises. “because there were too many and my brain wasn’t working properly and this frightened me so I closed my eyes again…” (Haddon 170). Christopher was trying to get to the train station but he ended up in a place with lots of shops and lots of people walking. “And I didn't like all the people being near me and all the noise because it was way too much information in my head and i made it hard to think, like there was shouting in my head” (Haddon 139). Christopher is really sensitive to loud noise and it makes him lose focus to the point where his brain isn’t working properly. For most people loud noises can cause a headache and its even worst for Christopher with his disability. He also can't focus on something when another thing has caught his attention or he’s looking at more than one thing at a time. And after hearing a loud noise he has to do maths to make him feel relaxed again but in the future if he’s going to be a scientist he would also have the choice to do that. So not only his sensitivity to noise is hurts him physically, it will make it difficult for him in his future

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