Ada Ng 

In “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, Mark Haddon explores the most important part of the reading would be the change in Christopher and his father’s relationship throughout the story. In the beginning of the story, on page 16, you can see that Christopher was in jail for hitting a police officer and his father had to pick him up. When they saw each, instead of physical contact which Christopher does not like, his father spread his fingers out like a fan and waited for Christopher to do the same thing so their thumbs would touch, meaning they love each other. This connection implies that their relationship is close and healthy, Christopher is comfortable with his father. Their relationship changes after Christopher found out his father killed the neighbor’s dog, Wellington, and becomes afraid of his father and runs away to live with his mother. On page 197 when his father is trying to ask for his forgiveness and tries to have the same connection, Christopher refuses to return the same motion. This reveals that their relationship has worsen and probably broken.