In Class Writing Response

Dear Mark Haddon,

I have enjoyed you're book, the Curious incident of the dog in the night-time. It was interesting, and certainly original. The protagonist, Christopher was aboriginal, and was unique because of his disability. The book was quite intense, and had a lot of emotion. I thought it was funny how Christopher was so book-smart, but not emotionally intelligent, and couldn't understand metaphors and similes. Some parts of the book were so well-written, that I couldn't put the book down, for example when Christopher figured out that his mother had not died of a heart attack, like his father had told him. Some parts were hilarious, like when Christopher knocked on house to house, asking about who killed the dog. Although this book seems like a kid book, I believed that it had a lot of unnecessary profanity. Sure it emphasized the point, and made the emotion stronger, but I think it also made the story inappropriate.

Besides, kids already have enough profanity in their heads. Anyways I couldn't complain, I read the whole book in 3 days. The part of the book when Christopher was on the train was boring, but I guess the reader would want to know what happened. I think it was great how you didn't write his whole experience on the train, but wrote enough to entertain the reader. Overall you're book is awesome, and in my eyes it would be even better if you took out the profanity, and made it even more interesting. Thank you for reading, and I liked you're book.

Sincerely,
Brandon T.
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