The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Protagonist

     I am currently reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, and it might be my favorite book of all time. The protagonist and main character in this book is Christopher John Francis Boone, and he is very interesting. He knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He is very intelligent, but he has no understanding of human emotions. He also really hates the color yellow and the color brown. Then one day, Mrs. Shear's  dog dies. Chris then goes to a lot of people in the neighborhood, and becomes the detective. He is told to not get into other's business, and Chris was doing this when he was doing his detective work. The reason why is because Chris's mother,who is now deceased, was cheating on Chris's dad with Mr.Shears. Chris finds out this information when he does his detective work. In this blog post, I am going to write about how much I appreciate Chris and how the setting affects Chris. 

     First of all, I really appreciate Chris. One thing that I really appreciate about Chris is that he shows that it doesn't matter if you have behavioral problems or have special needs, everyone is special in their own way, has their own logic, and has a different view on the world. One example of this is if Chris has social problems, he is very smart in math, and he knows these crazy facts that most people won't know. Chris is amazing in math. He is the first one in his school to take A level math. One of my favorite parts of this book is when Chris writes about Marilyn vos Savant, who has the highest IQ in the world. There is question that she receives, that she answers, and many people corrected her and said she was wrong. Chris knows what is the right answer. He even has two logical ways to solve it. This proves that Chris is smarter in math than most of the world's smartest mathematicians and scientists. This question shows that numbers are not very straightforward at all, and that they can sometimes be very complicated. Even though Chris isn't socially accepted and may seem weird because of his logic, he actually is one of the world's smartest people. Another rule that Chris follows is that he is against the colors yellow and brown. When he sees yellow cars in a row, he has a bad day and when he sees red cars in a row it makes it a good day for him. The more red cars in a row, the better the day will be for him. The more yellow cars he sees in a row, the worse the day will be for him. This is what he believes and that is perfectly fine. His view on the word is on its color and that makes sense because color plays a big role in the world.

     Second of all, the setting in this book playsa big part on who Chris is. Chris's father is really rough on him. Chris's dad treats Chris like he is incapable to learn, do, or hear somethings because of his behavior and emotional problems. Like for example,when Chris wants to go be a detective to help find the person who killed  Mrs. Shears's dog, Chris's dad says that Chris shouldn't be getting into people's business.The reason is because he can cause trouble just like he did before, when he was arrested because the police thought that it was him who killed the dog and when he hit the police officer for touching him. Chris' father looks down at Chris because of his problems. That makes Chris want to prove that he is not inferior to others and that he actually is smarter than most people. Also, the colors of the world makes his mood for the day and how he feels and what he is going to do. Like for example, as it said in the text, when he saw yellow cars in a row, he "didn't speak to anyone and for the whole afternoon I sat in the corner of the Library groaning with my head pressed into the join between the two walls and this made me feel calm and safe" (53). The environment decides if he is going to do something amazing one day or not. 

     In conclusion, Chris is one of the most interesting protagonists that I have ever seen. The environment plays a big role on what he does in that day, color plays a big role in his life, because when he sees yellow cars in a row, that day is a bad day for him. Also, Chris is that he shows that it doesn't matter if you have behavioral problems or have special needs, everyone is special in their own way, has their own logic, and has a different view on the world. I really want to read on in this book to read and learn more about Chris.