In our discussion, my group and I discussed Christopher’s social problems. After reading the second third of “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time”, we got our first look on how Christopher interacts with people and solves problems in populated areas. We see Christopher try to make it to the train station, but on the way must ask people how to get there. Also we see the people who aren’t used to interacting with people like Christopher, and they display anger when talking with him. In the Discussion, I asked if his parents made the right decision when his mom left him, my group mates told me that it was not right when at first his dad hid the letters, but after Christopher believed for a while that his mother was dead, it was the wrong for his dad to tell him she was alive. I would have liked to spend more time on this, I want to hear what people’s opinions are on Christopher’s mother’s decision to leave, if it was right or not. I believe that it was write because she was doing it for Christopher’s own good, not her own. She was not a good parent for an autistic child, and was not offered any support from Christopher’s father. I also would have wanted to talk more about how Christopher’s mind worked. There was a great example of this when he showed us constellations, he said the stars aligned in a certain way and made a man, but he said that there were many other ways to connect the dots. I believe that this is an example on how he sees faces. They have certain characteristics, but he can’t connect the dots to see what they are thinking. In this section of the book, he shows us an example of his photographic memory. He goes into a room for a few seconds, and is able to draw a map of it much later. Also he plays a game in his head involving moving several boxes around, he is able to create a very complex figure using memory of previous moves. He doesn’t only remember what he sees, but also what he thinks.
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