In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, as we get closer to the ending we see Christopher finding himself and independence, finally making the changes into adulthood. However, though of his growth he still needs his parents guidance, revealing that he still depends on them. Christopher travels to Swindon, where his mom lives, because he feels he can trust his mother than his father. Throughout the book it is clear that Christopher's father can act violently when Christopher’s actions are unusual or unexplainable; for example, Christopher looking for Wellington’s murderer. However on the other hand  his mother becomes  frustrated and sad when Christopher acts out unusually; for example screaming in public. Both Christopher’s mom and dad represent the conflicting sides of Christopher. One where he is violent and aggressive when he is upset, his father. And the other side where he gets frustrated and sad making him want to leave his situation, his mother. On page 107 it shows the similarity between  his mother and himself ,“And I remember that night I just cried and cried and cried...I said I couldn't take it anymore.” Seeing this from Christopher’s mom's perspective it demonstrates how when Christopher’s mother is overwhelmed or just confused, she doesn't know what to do, she gets frustrated and sad, because it’s hard for her to understand why Christopher does what he does, so she usually takes the pain out on herself.

I think that in this book called "The curious incident of the dog in the night time" by Mark Haddon, it consist of so many thing but the main thing is that Christopher (the narrator) goes on a quest/ journey and figures out a lot through out everything. In the beginning, it seems that the person that is always there for him is his dad and he tries to always stay on Christopher side no matter what the case is. In the novel there was a quote on page 16 that said "I want to see my son...why the hell is he locked up?...of course i'm bloody angry." It was explaining how Christopher was arrested for hitting a police officer but it was out of fear he didn't know how to explain it to the police officer that he was invading his person space so his way of explaining it was by hitting him. The father had came down to the precinct  because he wasn't really caring why his son was locked up he just wanted to see him and get him out the precinct. But later on in the book you see where the change happens and Christopher and Toby (his pet rat) ends up leaving to go to London but he also finds out that the dad killed wellington and that his mom was alive he finally made it to London and was able to be with her and see her even though there was some hardships that happened on the journey there.

11A: Post your commentary on the end of The Curious Incident...here

The focus of your commentary tonight is up to you. What seems most important for the class to think about, now that we've concluded our reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime? You might review your annotations, your notebook responses, and the EQs we created for initiation stories to find a central focus for your commentary. Or you might think about a question you'd like to explore in the final paper, and get your initial perspective down now, as a "rehearsal" of the more detailed thinking you'll do in the essay.

Remember that your goal is to write commentary that your peers will want to respond to, since you'll all choose one classmate to write back to later this week. Please refer to the checklist on the class website to make sure you meet the requirements of the assignment.

Please make sure your commentary is between 200 and 250 words total. This will require you to develop only ONE main idea, clearly and concisely.

11B: Post your commentary on the end of The Curious Incident...here

The focus of your commentary tonight is up to you. What seems most important for the class to think about, now that we've concluded our reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime? You might review your annotations, your notebook responses, and the EQs we created for initiation stories to find a central focus for your commentary. Or you might think about a question you'd like to explore in the final paper, and get your initial perspective down now, as a "rehearsal" of the more detailed thinking you'll do in the essay.

Remember that your goal is to write commentary that your peers will want to respond to, since you'll all choose one classmate to write back to later this week. Please refer to the checklist on the class website to make sure you meet the requirements of the assignment.

Please make sure your commentary is between 200 and 250 words total. This will require you to develop only ONE main idea, clearly and concisely.

11CD: Post your commentary on the end of The Curious Incident...here

The focus of your commentary tonight is up to you. What seems most important for the class to think about, now that we've concluded our reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime? You might review your annotations, your notebook responses, and the EQs we created for initiation stories to find a central focus for your commentary. Or you might think about a question you'd like to explore in the final paper, and get your initial perspective down now, as a "rehearsal" of the more detailed thinking you'll do in the essay.

Remember that your goal is to write commentary that your peers will want to respond to, since you'll all choose one classmate to write back to later this week. Please refer to the checklist on the class website to make sure you meet the requirements of the assignment.

Please make sure your commentary is between 200 and 250 words total. This will require you to develop only ONE main idea, clearly and concisely.