“Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” Essay

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An engaging text will skillfully blend ideas, language features and form to generate a considered response. To what extent is this true of your prescribed text? Intro: Haddon exploits language features and form to the fullest in his unusual novel CI to explore the experience of difference and how the relationships which are affected by difference. Haddon invites his readers to consider how Christopher’s difference has on his relationships with his parents, Judy and Ed, and with the world around him. Christopher is on the autism spectrum (ASD), and as a result is unable to fully be understood by the adults in his life or by society, resulting in complex and challenging relationships. While the audience is sometimes surprised by the form of the novel and Haddon’s language choices, the novel remains powerful and successful in revealing the challenges of both Christopher and those who surround him.