Bravery is taking risks outside your comfort zone; even though you are scared, you go forward, and do what you have to do.
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Christopher doesn't take risks when he sees 4 yellow cars.
They don't understand boundaries and could touch him which could make him get scared again
On bad days Christopher doesn't eat lunch, and he groans and closes his eyes.
Christopher is sacred of strangers
He thinks that they are a threat because he cannot understand them
Christopher was scared because he didn't know how he would go to his mother in London
He is afraid of his father because he killed Wellington
He left his home to go somewhere he has never been
Was confused which made him more scared.
Christopher was able to go on a tube and train all by himself
He is afraid of unfamiliar places
He believes that he cannot trust his father, his father has lied to him
Lying is scary for Christopher
He carries a Swiss Army knife with him for protection
'''...4 yellow cars in a row made it a Black Day, which is a day when I don't speak to anyone and sit on my own reading books and don't eat my lunch and *Take No Risks'' Chapter 47
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He could have gotten lost
Christopher doesn't like the colors yellow or brown, he even refuses to touch yellow or brown things
Even though Christopher hates the color yellow, he didn't throw away his train ticket that
had a bit of yellow in it. He was able to control himself and did his best to ignore the color of the ticket.
4 yellow cars mean that it will be a ''Bad Day''
Struggled and moved forward which helped him find his mom
In the end found the murder and his mom
Having the ticket helped him to go on a train and then a tube to London where is mother was
Found his mother all by himself
Some are very rude
Use sarcasm, something that he doesn't understand
Finds it difficult to see what a person is feeling
Was able to talk with other people properly even though he felt nervous and upset
He was able to listen, and understand what they were saying.
Followed their orders,and was able to reunite with his mother
Theses places were small and crowded
Were loud and filled with displeasing noises
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Unfamiliar places
Strangers
Family member
Bad Days
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He believes that his father might kill him too
He followed the map and pushed himself to go forward
He eventually came to his mother's house
''And also I always have3 my Swiss Army knife in my pocket and it has a saw blade which could cut a man's finger of.'' Chapter 67
''I do not lie strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand.'' Chapter 67
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''Mother had not had a heart attack. Mother had not died. Mother had been alive all the time. And father had lied about this.'' Chapter 157
''And he said, ''I killed Wellington, Christopher.'' Chapter 167
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''I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he said ''Trust me,'' because he had told a lie about a big thing,'' Chapter 167
''...And sometimes when I am in a new place and there are lots of people there it is like a computer crashing and I have to close my eyes and put my hands over my ears and groan,...so that i can remember what I am doing where I am meant to be going.'' Chapter 181