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Thoughts on "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time"?

LivAgain
over 9 years ago

Hi guys,

I think this is a brilliant book which has been adapted to make a wonderfully dynamic play. We did the play for our A-level practical and, after adjusting to dealing with the issue of something very personal to me (the class and teacher were all really supportive, which made it easier) I loved every minute.

I'm just interested to know what other people think of it? I'm not a huge fan of the depicition of Asperger's Syndrome within the book, myself. I find it a bit stereotypical, but that's just my opinion, because I'm very different to Christopher and my challenges often have little in common with what he struggles with. When we were doing the play, I also learned to bear in mind that sometimes protagonists who represent particular issues within society are stereotypical in order to appeal to audiences and to serve as character devices rather than naturalistic representations. The play itself isn't very naturalistic, it's more abstract, but...anyway.

For some reason, the book has been playing on my mind and I was wondering how other people feel about it!

Hope you're all having a good week so far,

LivAgain Innocent

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  • over 9 years ago

    I read this last xmas, not knowing that it was about autism, but when I was first thinking that I may have aspergers. My first reaction was, that the author had read a book about autism and produced a chapter in his book to illustrate each chapter in the text book. Certain details annoyed me and spoilt my enjoyment, perhaps an autistic trait in itself. For example I believed that lessons in school on how to use money, would not be necessary for one so good at maths.

    The part where he discovered his mother was alive and that he had been lied to by his father, where he ceased to function, was sick and just layin bed, came as a shock to me. It was the first time that I truly recognised that I may really be on the spectum. I react almost as he did, on rare occasions (and as I read that chapter). I become(became) stone cold and weak and just go to bed to wait until I come back to life. It was a frightening realisation, which took a long time to come to terms with, but finally made me study the subject in more detail. I moved from being in denial, to facing reality.

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  • over 9 years ago

    I read this last xmas, not knowing that it was about autism, but when I was first thinking that I may have aspergers. My first reaction was, that the author had read a book about autism and produced a chapter in his book to illustrate each chapter in the text book. Certain details annoyed me and spoilt my enjoyment, perhaps an autistic trait in itself. For example I believed that lessons in school on how to use money, would not be necessary for one so good at maths.

    The part where he discovered his mother was alive and that he had been lied to by his father, where he ceased to function, was sick and just layin bed, came as a shock to me. It was the first time that I truly recognised that I may really be on the spectum. I react almost as he did, on rare occasions (and as I read that chapter). I become(became) stone cold and weak and just go to bed to wait until I come back to life. It was a frightening realisation, which took a long time to come to terms with, but finally made me study the subject in more detail. I moved from being in denial, to facing reality.

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