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Christopher John Francis Boone, Mother (Judy Boone) - Coggle Diagram
Christopher John Francis Boone
Autistic
Difficulties to understand correctly people's facial expressions
Difficulties to imagine things that did not happenn to him
Christopher can't stand the human contact
Christopher is a special needs (p. 56) / behavioural problems (p.59)
Autism
Can't understand emotional expressions. Only happy and sad. Because he only understand what is familiar and he can only mirrer the emotions he had himself.
Doesn't get sarcasm.
Doesn't understand jokes.
His answers are emotionless, short and to the point and he only says facts.
Relationship
Father (Ed Boone)
He cares for his son
He is 44 years old
Other things
He lies to Christopher to protect him
He told Christopher his mom died of a heart attack, while she was actually still alive
He hid the letters Christophers mom sent him every week in a t-shirt box in his closet.
Is a plumber
He liked Mrs. Shears
Which is why he killed Wellington, because they had had lots of arguments, and Ed believed, Mrs Shears liked the dog more than him and Christian. So he got mad and killed the dog.
He is a patient man
He killed Wellington
Toby
Christopher’s rat
Siobhan
Christopher’s friend
She understands Christopher
Gives good advice to Christopher ( p. 39 : “You must never punch Sarah”)
Wellington
A dog
Has been killed by someone with a fork
Characteristics
Fears
Doesn't like to be shouted upon
High & strong noises bother him, cause him extra stress
Doesn't like to be touched -> he strokes the dead dog -> probably needing to feel the environment -> Christopher may wanted to say goodbye / bid goodbye to the dog, stroking him is a way to show his emotions
Lies : scare him and make him feel shaky (p. 25)
When you take him out of his routine
Talking to strangers
Afraid of the unknown = other people
Logic
A mathematic mindset
He likes prime numbers
He knows every capital of every country
Christopher tends to analyse the details of the people or things around him (p. 31 : number and colours of cars)
Love of routine*
May have rules and rituals to make the world less confussing.
Facts are important to him
Makes him feel good & happy
Things in the right orders
He has an extraordinary memory
Difficulties
He doesn't understand jokes
Imagine things that did not happen to him
To express feelings : feelings out of context
To understand people
Other characteristics
He has his own perception of life
A complicated mindset
Christopher is extremely clever (p.33 : “I am very good at them”)
Christopher is a great observer
Christopher wants to become an astronaut
Christopher has medical knowledge
A great capacity of deduction (p. 40 : “meant that the fork belonged to Mrs Shears”)
His way of thinking
He things people are confusing.
''I find people confusing." (page 19)
The first main reason is that people do a lot of talking without using words." (Page 19)
''The second main reason is that people often talk using mathapors.'' (page 19)
Patterns
Models are important in his perception of things
4 red cars in a row
4 yellow cars in a row
What does he like ?
Loves dogs
Christopher likes difficult projects
What about the book
Perspective:
Character
Genre:
murder mystery novel (detective)
Writer
: Mark Haddon (cartonist)
Christopher positions himself as a detective
Detectives being adults are allowed to do things, move, take risks, unveil the mystery. Christopher is a teenager and decides to act as an adult.
Mother (Judy Boone)
Died of heart attack 2 ears earlier
SHE IS ALIVE !!!
She was only 38 years old at her death
SHE IS ALIVE !!!
She was an active person
She has been cremated
