Christopher begins answering the questions but as there are too many, he becomes overwhelmed and rolls into a ball on the lawn again. Generally speaking, he likes the police because of the order and logic that surrounds them they have a uniform, they have numbers and Christopher knows what they are supposed to do. Returning to the overarching narrative, the police arrive and question Christopher. I also started with the dog because it happened to me and I find it hard to imagine things which did not happen to me. Siobhan said that the book should begin with something to grab people’s attention. It will be like a murder mystery, because Christopher likes the genre and sees it like solving puzzles he enjoys Sherlock Holmes’ novels like The Hound of the Baskervilles. It is revealed that the reader is reading the story written by Christopher, a story that his teacher had suggested he write. It makes me scared that they are going to hit me or touch me and I do not know what is going to happen. Chapter 5Īlso, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk. This further gives insight into aspects of Christopher’s character, influenced through his being on the autism spectrum. Christopher can’t abide the yelling and puts his hands over his ears and curls up on the lawn. Mrs Shears, the dog’s owner, appears from within the house and is yelling. Christopher explains why he likes dogs, because they are honest and can’t lie. Returning to the story, Christopher removes the pitchfork from the dog. But it was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the face they were making because people’s faces move very quickly. I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying.
I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant. I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,507. My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. His teacher, Siobhan, has drawn faces on a page to help, but he eventually abandons the guide. He can name capitals of the world but he can’t recognise facial expressions. (Christopher Boone) Chapter 2 Chapter 3Ĭhristopher declares he is good at numbers and geography. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog. Christopher immediately wants to know who killed it. Christopher notes the time and the event, a dog is lying dead on the lawn with a pitchfork through its body. The precise time is given because details like that are important to the narrator, Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy with autism. It’s seven minutes past midnight when the story begins. The novel has irregular chapter numbering, as the chapter numbers are only prime numbers.
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