In the story of the curiosa incident of the dog in the nighttime the main characters complexity through the story can confuse. Christopher has a 360 of emotions from the beginning to the end of the story. Christopher and his mother have a rocky relationship in his early childhood as she had a hard time controlling him. " and you grabbed the chopping board and you threw that and it hit my foot and broke my toes." The characters relationship with his mother is a strain on her causing her to leave for London. His bond with his father is strong they have trust. The father understands Christopher and knows her does not like to give hugs so they made there own personal way of conveying love. " I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our thumbs touch each other. We do this because sometimes father wants to give me a hug, but I do not like hugs." You then see Christopher's feelings change toward his father when he finds his mothers letters and his father catches him.  Soon after he decides to go live with his mother in England because he can no longer trust his father and he is scared of him because he killed Wellington. This illustrates the mix of emotions Christopher has when it comes to his parents. He does not know who to trust anymore.