In our modern day society, everyone is challenged with the problem of being an outcast due to disabilities, looks, or labels. Outcast rarely trust anyone but when they do, they rely upon and trust the people closest to. This is a crucial idea and a major aspect of the book, The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time where Mark Haddon expresses how Christopher is an outcast to society. This book focuses on Christopher Boone, who lives with his dad, which is his best friend, provider, and protector. Besides his dad, Christopher has really no one to trust or rely on. However one night Christopher realizes his dad is keeping many life-changing secrets from him. This forces Christopher to rethink who he really trust and has to begin to trust