A Curious Incident of the Dog(e) in the Nighttime

Themes
1. Independence
2. Self-Discovery
3. Lies and Deception
4. Individual Vs. Society
Genre
1. Bildungsroman (Coming of age)
  1. Christopher leans to adapt
2. Detective Novel
  1. Limited 1st Person Perspective
    1. Observational Tendencies
  2. Crime/Mystery Elements. Discovery is central to the novel
3. Drama
  1. Life-changing events
4. Occasional Humourous elements
5. Children's Story?
Context
1. Haddon is an Atheist
2. Haddon used to work with Autistic Children
  1. Autism is not a theme, but rather a narrative tool
    1. Observational Tendencies
Style and Structure
1. Illustrations, Drawings
  1. Alternative view of the world -> Link to Autism?
2. Language is very childish and train of thought-y. Lacks Punctuation and connectives
  1. Language tends to be very matter-of-fact and observational, different from peers and adults
  2. Flowing tangents, weird links
3. Consious Narrative (Diary form)
4. Contains elements of both direct and indirect speech

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