Reading response on critical thinking question

Critical Thinking question: Whose perspective is missing in this text? What would it be like if we put it back?

When reading a book the first thing we get to know is who the narrator is. In the book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Mark Haddon, 15-year-old Christopher is the narrator. We get to see the world through his eyes. But what if we saw it through someone else’s, like his dad.

Christopher’s mom died, and of course it is hard on him, but what about his dad? If we had the perspective of his dad we would get to know what it is like loosing your wife. In this chapter Christopher is trying to find out who killed his neighbors dog, so he went over to a few peoples houses and asked questions, then went home. When he gets home his dad says he got a call from one of their neighbors saying Christopher was snooping. “Father said, ‘I told you to keep your nose out of other peoples business.’” This shows his father is stressed because if you look back at the text it says ‘I told you’ not I’m telling you, which means Christopher’s dad told him to stop snooping before, but he doesn't listen. If we had the perspective of Christopher’s dad, we would get to see what it is like raising a kid on your own, and why he is stressed all the time, which I think would be very interesting to read.

In addition it would be interesting to find out why Christopher acts like he does. Christopher is not like many other 15-year-old boys. He has weird things abut him. He only answers to questions, he hates when his food touches, he doesn't understand the English language very well, and he plans out his day by seeing cars, “4 red cars in a row made it a good day, and 3 red cars in a row made it a quite good day, five red cars in a row made it a super good day, 4 yellow cars in a row made it a bad day.” If we had the dads perspective it would be easier to understand the story because he would tell us more about his son. From Christopher’s perspective we are finding things out about his life, not much about him personally.

Overall Christopher’s dads perspective would be an interesting story because we would get to know more about what its like raising a child on his own, and more about who Christopher really is.

Reading Response on Critical Thinking Question

Critical Thinking question: Whose perspective is missing in this text? What would it be like if we put it back?

Christopher John Francis Boone, the fifteen-year-old narrator in the book, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” finds the body of his neighbor’s poodle, Wellington, on his neighbor’s front lawn one evening. He is dedicated to finding the murderer, even though from his dads perspective it’s just a dog and no one cares. This search is difficult for Christopher because of the fact that he has autism.

In this book we have the perspective of Christopher throughout the story, but what if we had the perspective of his dad? Christopher’s mom died when he was little, so his dad is now the only one taking care of him. Of course the perspective of a boy with autism is interesting because we get to see what he is thinking about, but how does his dad deal with it?

If we had the perspective of Christopher’s dad throughout the book, the story would be a lot different. We would get to hear about how his life changed after his wife died, and the struggle of raising a kid on his own.

This question makes me think about my parents. They both have to deal with me, and my two brothers. Cameron and me are both applying to High School, and my older brother Brandon is applying to College. Applications are hard on us, but they have to take us to all the tours, open houses, interviews, and auditions. How frustrating!