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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
TRUST
Group 4
Gaining trust through familiarity - Christopher would make sure he'd know every inch of his new surrounding every time he arrives at a new place (Example: ..... I walked round the flat to make a map of it in my head so I felt safer, ... -
Chapter 227, page 235
-)
Christopher shouted when Father tries to approach him even though Mother said that she would not let him harm Christopher. ("... Father came back to the house and I screamed but Mother said she wouldn't let anything happen to me..." ,
Chapter 233, page 258
)
Christopher doesn't want to follow the policeman who wants to take him to his father, as he still fears his father. (And I said, "Have you arrested Father?",
Chapter 197, page 197
)
The dog symbolises trust between Christopher's Father and him. Father tries to gain Christopher's trust back by giving him a dog named Sandy.
Chapter 233, page 267
Group 3
Christopher run from his house because he does not trust his father anymore and sees him as harmful ("And then I have to decide what to do because I couldn't live in the house with Father any more because it was dangerous",
Chapter 179, Page 160
)
Christopher trusts the policeman by giving him personal information on address and Mother's phone number and asks him how to get a train ticket.
(Chapter 191, Page 184)
Trusting a trustworthy person despite not seeing her for years- Christopher trust his mother's words and care that he would rather face his fear to go on a journey to London to find his mother than staying at home with his father
(Chapter 179, Page 163)
Christopher lists out the possibilities to live with Siobhan, Mrs Shears and Uncle Terry before deciding to live with Mother. Any people in his list is considered as trusted.
(Chapter 179, Page 160-163)
Responsibility of parents to tell their children the truth
Mother's letters (page 121)
Father admitting killing Wellington (page 150)
Group 2
Christopher started to begin his investigation regarding the death of Wellington. He always made sure that he has a Swiss Army Knife in his pocket when he decided to go out and interrogate the neighbourhood as the protection if he confronts a
stranger danger
. In school, he was taught that they must be stay alert with people they have never met.
(page 45 & 47)
In order to gain Christopher's trust, Mrs. Alexander reveals the truth about Christopher's mother. She reveals that his mother was having an affair with Mr.Shears and this is the reason why Father forbid him to say the "evil" name again and forbid Christopher to continue his investigation.
(page 77)
Despite Christopher being the way that he is, Father still made him promise to stop conducting the investigation, which Christopher did kind of half-obeyed.
Page 64
The right to be told the truth, even if they couldn't understand.
Chapter 79, Page 63
Group 1
Christopher trusts the police because he know what they are meant to be doing.
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Chapter 11, Page 7
EDUCATION
Group 4
Christopher keeps on bugging Mother that he wanted to take his A level test. ("And I said, 'Can I do my Maths A level?',
Chapter 233, page 254)
Siobhan gives the chance for Christopher to choose whether he wants to sit for the A level test or not ("And Siobhan said, 'You don't have to do it Christopher. If you say you don't want to do it no one is going to be angry with you. And it won't be wrong or illegal or stupid. It will be just what you want and that will be fine.',
Chapter 233, page 257
)
Reverend Peters being hypocritical to Christopher by assuming he wouldn't understand religion just because he's still a child
Chapter 61, Page 44
The importance of Mathematics in reasoning. Christopher uses the Monty Hall problem to demonstrate that people make mistakes if they choose to believe intuition over logic.
Chapter 101, Page 82
Group 3
Importance of informal education
Father brought Christopher to an expedition in Twycross Zoo so that he can expand his knowledge about animals
(Chapter 137, page 108)
Christopher learned to survive through reading Sherlock Holmes' instead of learning them in school
(Chapter 179, page 167)
Special need education
Mrs. Siobhan teach Christopher about human emotion during her first class with him to help him improve his social communication.
"Eight years ago, when I fist met Siobhan, she showed me this picture
sad face picture
and I knew that it meant 'sad', which is what I felt when I found the dead dog.
(Chapter 3, page 2)
Lack of education among society on how to care for the disabled. The way father and the policeman do to cope with Christopher is by ignoring what he says and instead instill their word into his.
Chapter 11 Page 7
Group 2
Christopher has an abundance of educational resources. Christopher has a collection of Blue Planet videos to learn more about life in the ocean and also a variety of novels of different genres.
Page 100
Father had an argument with Ms. Gascoyne and he got really cross. Mrs. Gascoyne said that the school didn't want to treat Christopher differently because then everyone will demand the same. They wanted to equally treat them but did not implement the suitable method of education for the specials.
(page 57)
1.SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP
The acceptance of parents towards a mentally impaired child.
The difference between father (Ed Boone) and mother (Judy Boone).
Chapter 127, page 103.
The importance of encouragement from a teacher towards a mentally lacking child.
Siobhan offers Christopher encouragement as he is writing his book.
Chapter 7 , Page 5
Difficulties of communicating between the mentally disabled and abled person.
Chapter 11, Page 7
Group 4
Mr Shears exhibits complete disrespect for Christopher and hardly acknowledging him as a person.
(Chapter 233, page 245)
Social stigma (discrimination) towards a mentally impaired person - when Christopher asked a man for direction to his mother's house, the man took advantage out of him by forcing him to buy a map and ridicules Christopher's questions.
(Chapter 237, page 229)
The policeman struggles to communicate with Christopher
(Chapter 197, page 198)
Group 3
The courage to approach a stranger and asking for help.
Christopher asks the lady on the other side of the street on how to take the train
(Chapter 179, Page 170)
Curiosity leads Christopher to ask his neighbors about Wellington's murderer even though he is not familiar with them. "So talking to the other people in our street was brave. But if you rae going to do detective work, you have to be brave, so I have no choice"
(Chapter 67, page 46)
THE RIGHTS OF THE DISABLED
Their right to lack of normal human behavior is acknowledged by others. Christopher believe that he is the reasons his mother and father had fights. He even realise his own behavioural problems. (
Page 59
)
The right to a special education that caters to their needs.
Chapter 71, Page 57
A special child should be given the right to express their views freely on all matters affecting them, with support and guidance from a teacher.
Christopher was told by Siobhan to distinguish emotions of people based on pictures.
Chapter 3, Page 2
Disabled people has different way of thinking compared to normal people, thus they should be treated and punish for their crime in different way.
Chapter 7, Page 6
Group 4
Fairness in considering the disabled's point of view about the world - Christopher told his mother he was frightened of his dad since he had killed Wellington, the dog. Instead of being concern with the child's feelings, Mr. Shears portrays an unbelievable reaction which suggests Christopher is just being ridiculous with the situation.
(Chapter 227, page 235)
The right to be understood as a special need child
Chapter 197, Page 198
A special child should be treated with respect despite them not understanding what others are saying
(Chapter 233, page 245)
3.RITES OF PASSAGE
Group 3
Overcoming the fear in new places by solving mathematics problem in his head.
(Chapter 179, page 168)
Making an independent decision, Christopher decides to leave his house for his own safety by eliminating the impossible options
(Chapter 179, page 162)
The life after divorce for Ed and Judy Boone.
Chapter 149. Page 122
Christopher being an independent person. Christopher states that he has become more grown up and be able to make decisions for himself and do things like going out and buying things at the shop. He even list out his behavioural problems and starting to understand himself better.
(page 59)
Christopher understanding of family love (
page 109
)
Group 4
The perseverance of a special child in reaching his goal despite the challenges he have to face during the journey. - Christopher, who portrays the characteristics of an autistic kid, put an effort to bring himself, alone, to London though, he's uncomfortable in new surroundings (train station etc) - This is a sign of maturity in Christopher since he tried to neglect his concerns for some purposes
(Chapter 227 Page 221-224)
Christopher overcoming his fear towards people - using his Swiss Army Knife
Chapter 211, Page 210
Christopher making his own decision for his future - taking A level test
(Chapter 233, page 257)
Christopher overcoming his anxiety, before, he doesn't like going into the school toilet, but he enters the dirty bathroom in the train anyway
Chapter 197, page 201