15. The last one

What   impression did Mark Haddon’s book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time leave on you? Do you think that the plot of this novel is unusual? Was the ending of the book unexpected for you?

     I remember how David said that he had chosen The Curious Incident…because it is an easy book to read, especially at the end of semester. I agree that it is rather easy reading, however the book has a serious theme which impossible to call easy to grasp.  I mean, if you think deeper about autism you will understand that such people have a really hard life, despite the fact that some of them may not understand it. After watching the video about autism, I began to read much more carefully Christopher’s thoughts. I think, it was both interesting and scary to study how Christ thinks, behaves and manage with various unusual situations (I mean his trip to London). When I was reading this episode, I emphasized him and believed that he would achieve his goal despite his fairs and barriers (like a policeman). 

 

       This book shows us that autistic people are here with us and we don’t have to forget about them or get annoyed. I think that Christ’s family is like a little piece of society, so relations between parents and Christopher as like relations of the whole society and autistics. Do you remember moments when father or mother got annoyed about Christ’s behavior? It is normal reaction because we cannot absolutely understand how autistics’ brain work and why they do what they do. Consequently, people have to be more polite with “Cristophers”. 

       The Curious Incident…has left a good and positive impression because this book confirms that autistic people have a future despite their problems. 

        Also, I think the plot is quite unusual. It seemed that author had the same problems like Christ. However, in the author’s blog it is written that he didn’t write about autistic boy (Ksenia and Ivan found his blog).  

       What I can say about the ending? To tell the truth, when the question “who is a killer?” ceased to be a question, I stopped to think about the ending, so it wasn’t unexpected nor expected.  

        In conclusion…I believe that our society will be more attentive to autistic people.