...Frustration and misunderstandings often occur because of a lack of clear communication. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, an autistic boy Christopher, attempts to solve the mystery of a dead dog. Throughout his investigation, Christopher, discovers many secrets and lies about his past. He struggles as he tries to understand and deal with these lies and the people who created them. Using Christopher's unique perspective Haddon shows the world to be a place where clear communication is vital to being understood in a society. Haddon first begins to develop this theme in the beginning of the book. After assaulting a police officer christopher is taking to the police station and put in a cell. Christopher is describing how he finds people confusing, when he begins talking about metaphors “The word metaphor is a metaphor. I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboard. And when I try and make a picture of the phrase in my head it just confuses me because I am picturing an apple in someones eye and it doesn’t have anything to do with liking someone a lot and it makes you forget what the person was talking about” (Haddon 15)....
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...People feel the need to label Christopher because labeling has become apart of today’s society and everyday life. When one person looks at another, chances are that they end up giving them a label. Whether you are fat, skinny, dumb, smart, etc., you are guaranteed to be associated with a certain adjective that describes you. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, the main character, Christopher, is not labeled. The positive aspect of not being told a description of Christopher, the reader is then able to make their own inference on what they believe Christopher has as a disorder. With the amount of evidence given, one could conclude that Christopher would have Aspergers. Christopher does not understand...
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