Christopher John Francis Boone
Background (Family/ Hometown)
Like & Dislikes
Characteristics
Like Dogs
Likes Mathematics, Astronomy
15 years old
How old are you? he asked.
"I am 15 years and 3 months and 2 days." P.6
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Attachment to Objects (Specific Evidence for ASD) ---- P. 13
- Swiss Army knife with 13 attachments including a wire stripper and a saw and a toothpick and tweezers
- String
- Wooden Puzzle
- 3 Pellets of food for Toby
- 1.47 Pounds
- Red Paper Clip
- Key for Front Door
Family Members
"Father, Mother (Dead), Uncle Terry (Father's brother), 4 Grand parents" P. 13
Metaphor (Meaning of Name)
"My name is a metaphor. It means carrying Christ and is comes from the Greek words and it was the name given to St. Christopher because he carried Jesus Christ across a river." P.16
Reasonable
"A lie is when you say something happened which didin't happen. ...And if I think about something which didn't happen I start thinking about all the other things which did't happen." P.19
"... I like maths and outer space." "I'm going to do my A - level maths next month and I am going to get an A grade." P.55
"I like dogs" P.7
Like Color Red
"4 red cars in the row made it a Good Day, and 3 red cars in a row made it a Quite Good Day, and 5 red cars in a row made it a Super Good Day. " P.24
Like Astronauts
"He wants to become an astronaut." P.25
Like Detecting
"... I want to find out who kiled him. ... Then I decided to do some detective work." P.30
Dislikes Yellow
"4 yellow cars in a row made it a Black Day." P.24
Dislike talking to strangers
"I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before." P.34
Sensory Sensitive (Evidence for ASD) ---- P. 46
"Not like being touched."
Difficult in communicating with others
"Not talking to people for a long time."
"Not noticing that people are angry with me."
"Saying things that other people think are rude." P.46
Attachments to Objects
"Not liking yellow or brown things and refusing to touch yellow things or brown things."
"Refusing to use my toothbrush if anyone else has touched it."
"Not eating food if different sorts of food are touching each other." P.46
Auto (Locked himself)
"Not like being in really small places with other people." P.46
Exhibited Repeated Behaviors
"Smashing things when I am angry or confused. "
"Groaning" P.46
Curious
"Did you see anything suspicious on Thursday evening? ... Yes, because I want to find out who killed Wellington, and I am writing a book about it."
Stubborn
Then father said, "XXX did I tell you, Christopher? ... Except I haven't done any of those things. I just asked Mrs. Alexander about Mr. Shears because... " P.81
Dislike Brown
"YELLOW"
Custard, Bananas, Double Yellow Lines, Yellow Fever, Yellow Flowers, Sweet Corns P. 84
"BROWN"
Dirt, Gavy, Poo, Wood, Melissa Brown P. 84
Like Sherlock Holmes
"I like Sherlock Holmes, but I do not like Sir Author Caonan Doyale." P. 88
Dislike Being Touched
"I don't like people to touch me."
Like Planning
"I like timetables because I like to know when everything is going to happen." P. 155
Mother wasn't dead, she was in London with Mr. Shears
"Father said that you were dead... " P. 193
Christopher Boone (Relationship)
Mother
Judy Boone
Father
Ed Boone
Neighbours
Eileen Shears
Tutor
Siobhan
Roger Shears
Lover --- Judy Boone
Ex- Lovers --- Ed Boone
Mrs. Alexander