Authors Note- This response is my reactions to the events in the early parts of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Christopher the main character is a interesting boy who has autism and through this novel Mark Haddon is able to tell his story. He is a boy of need for a straightforward way of life, humor and non literal things are not recognizable by him. His relations are through numbers which he has an obsession with for they give him honest answers and his mind will not let him lie. For that reason a connection is made between our lives and Christophers because although his version of reality is much more obvious than any of ours we still do some of the same things as him making up our own worlds, reasons and realities.
Can you give some examples of exactly what you mean by this? What are the rules, or fake connections that we make and still pretend are real? I think it's important to let your reader know the specifics of your idea so that they can take a position of agreement, or disagreement in response.
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