Setting
The setting of the story is mostly in Swindon, a little place near London. Also when Christopher makes a plan to go to mother it is in London.
Personal Response
- Could the story have really happened? If so, how? If not, why not? Explain.Yes it could, it would be very unlikely, but sure it could happen. Well it is a Fiction book, so the changes are minimal. But there could be a boy who is fifteen years old has the Asperge’s Syndrome and lives in Swindon. Everything in the whole wide world can happen.
- Choose a passage of the book that you found impressive or touching. Make a copy and add it to your report. Give reasons for your choice.
My favorite passage:
“…And I didn’t open my eyes and I didn’t look at my watch. And it was like being in a dark room with the curtains closed so I couldn’t see anything, like when you wake up at night, and the only sounds you hear are the sounds inside your head. And that made it better because it was like the little station wasn’t there, outside my head, but I was in bed and I was safe. And then the silences between the trains coming and going got longer and longer. And I could hear that there were fewer people in the little station when the train wasn’t there so I opened my eyes and I looked at my watch and it said 8:07 p.m and I had been sitting on the bench for approximately 5 hours but it hadn’t seemed like approximately 5 hours, except that my bottom hurt and I was hungry and thirsty. And then I realized that Toby was missing because he was not I my pocket, and I didn’t want him be missing because we weren’t in Father’s house or Mother’s house and there wasn’t anyone to feed him in the little station and he would die and he would might get run over by a train. And then I looked up at a ceiling and I saw that there was a long black box which was a sign and it said, Harrow & Wealdstone 2 MIN,
Queens Park 7 MIN. And then the bottom line scrolled up and disappeared and a different line line scrolled up into its place and the sign said: Harrow & Wealdstone 1 MIN, Willesden Junction 4MIN. And then it changed again and it said: Harrow & Wealdstone ** STAND BACK TRAIN APPROACHING **.
And then I heard the sound like sword fighting and the roaring of a train coming into the station and I worked out that there was a big computer somewhere and it knew where all the trains were and it sent messages to the black boxes in the little stations to say when the trains were coming, and that made me feel better because everything had an order and a plan. And the train came into the little station and it stopped and 5 people got onto the train and another person ran into the little station and got on, and 7 people got off the train and then the doors closed automatically and the train went away. And when the next train came I wasn’t so scare anymore because the sign said TRAIN APPROACHING so I knew it was going to happen. And then I decided that I would look for Toby because there were only 3 people in the little station. So I stood up and I looked up and down the little station and in the doorways that went into tunnels but I couldn’t see him anywhere. And then I looked down into the black, lower-down bit where the rails were. And then I saw two mice and they were black because they were covered in dirt. And I liked that because I like mice and rats. But they weren’t Toby, so I carried on looking. And then I saw Toby, and he was also in the lower-down bit where the rails were, and I knew he was Toby because he was white and he had a brown egg shape on his back. So I climbed down off the concrete. And he was eating a bit of rubbish that was an old sweet paper. And someone shouted, ‘Jezus. What are you doing?’And I bend down to catch Toby but he ran off. And I walked after him and I bent down again and I said, ‘Toby… Toby… Toby’ and I held out my hand so that he could smell my hand and smeel that it was me. And someone said, ‘Get out of there, for fuck’s sake’, and I looked up and it was a man who was wearing a green raincoat and he had black shoes and his socks were showing and they were grey with little diamond patterns on them.”
This is my favorite one because Christopher was in a sort of trans for 5 hours, just sitting on a bench. After that he also tried to catch Toby who escaped out of his pocket and ran into the lower-down. Then Christopher tries to catch him and a man sees it and he thinks Christopher is nuts. Then there was a roaring sound and the train was approaching. So if Christopher stayed there for a little longer he probably would have died. That’s why, Christopher didn’t realize he almost was killed, but he just tried to safe his rat. This not realizing thing is about his problem.
- Find a poem or pop song that reminds you of one of the characters in the story. Explain your choice.
This poem I found on PoemHunter.com. Mubeen Sadhika wrote it:
Autistic Smile
Smile...smile...where to smile...
through ears...no...nose...
mouth is...for...sounds...
eyes can...hear...noise
Gliding in air...no body...
flapping hands...to feel...
screaming...not getting...ground...
belonging to space...in space less..
Touched...not...to be touched...
ate spice...feeling...the tongue...
cried...knowing...the agony
moved...rocked...sensed...senseless
normal...replacing...order...
abnormal...regularizing...peculiar...
populating common...in uncommon...
shutting off...connections..to.. connect
…
It reminds me of Christopher, he is autistic and this poem is also about autism. What I didn’t tell you before was that Christopher wanted to become an astronaut. He also doesn’t want to be touched that is all in the poem. That’s why.
- Give your opinion of the book and indicate when the book started to interest you.
Actually, from the beginning to the end I found the book real fun to read, it has a good story-line, only the parts in the mind from Christopher were a bit boring and hard to read. I think it is a really nice book. The first book I started to read was to hard so I started this one. It isn’t real hard. It also won the WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR PRICE.
-The review of Independent: ‘Outstanding…a stunningly good read’.
-The review of the Sunday Telegraph: ‘Exceptional by any standards…’
-The review of Guardian: ‘Superbly realized… a funny as well as a sad book… BRILJANT’
-The review of Time Out: ‘A REMAKABLE book… An impressive achievement and rewarding read’
- The review of Ian Mc Ewan: ‘Mark Haddon’s portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a Superb Achievement… Wise and bleakly funny…’
- Has a film been made of the book? If so, compare them
No there isn’t a film about this book. Too bad.
Setting
The setting of the story is mostly in Swindon, a little place near London. Also when Christopher makes a plan to go to mother it is in London.
Personal Response
- Could the story have really happened? If so, how? If not, why not? Explain.Yes it could, it would be very unlikely, but sure it could happen. Well it is a Fiction book, so the changes are minimal. But there could be a boy who is fifteen years old has the Asperge’s Syndrome and lives in Swindon. Everything in the whole wide world can happen.
- Choose a passage of the book that you found impressive or touching. Make a copy and add it to your report. Give reasons for your choice.
My favorite passage:
“…And I didn’t open my eyes and I didn’t look at my watch. And it was like being in a dark room with the curtains closed so I couldn’t see anything, like when you wake up at night, and the only sounds you hear are the sounds inside your head. And that made it better because it was like the little station wasn’t there, outside my head, but I was in bed and I was safe. And then the silences between the trains coming and going got longer and longer. And I could hear that there were fewer people in the little station when the train wasn’t there so I opened my eyes and I looked at my watch and it said 8:07 p.m and I had been sitting on the bench for approximately 5 hours but it hadn’t seemed like approximately 5 hours, except that my bottom hurt and I was hungry and thirsty. And then I realized that Toby was missing because he was not I my pocket, and I didn’t want him be missing because we weren’t in Father’s house or Mother’s house and there wasn’t anyone to feed him in the little station and he would die and he would might get run over by a train. And then I looked up at a ceiling and I saw that there was a long black box which was a sign and it said, Harrow & Wealdstone 2 MIN,
Queens Park 7 MIN. And then the bottom line scrolled up and disappeared and a different line line scrolled up into its place and the sign said: Harrow & Wealdstone 1 MIN, Willesden Junction 4MIN. And then it changed again and it said: Harrow & Wealdstone ** STAND BACK TRAIN APPROACHING **.
And then I heard the sound like sword fighting and the roaring of a train coming into the station and I worked out that there was a big computer somewhere and it knew where all the trains were and it sent messages to the black boxes in the little stations to say when the trains were coming, and that made me feel better because everything had an order and a plan. And the train came into the little station and it stopped and 5 people got onto the train and another person ran into the little station and got on, and 7 people got off the train and then the doors closed automatically and the train went away. And when the next train came I wasn’t so scare anymore because the sign said TRAIN APPROACHING so I knew it was going to happen. And then I decided that I would look for Toby because there were only 3 people in the little station. So I stood up and I looked up and down the little station and in the doorways that went into tunnels but I couldn’t see him anywhere. And then I looked down into the black, lower-down bit where the rails were. And then I saw two mice and they were black because they were covered in dirt. And I liked that because I like mice and rats. But they weren’t Toby, so I carried on looking. And then I saw Toby, and he was also in the lower-down bit where the rails were, and I knew he was Toby because he was white and he had a brown egg shape on his back. So I climbed down off the concrete. And he was eating a bit of rubbish that was an old sweet paper. And someone shouted, ‘Jezus. What are you doing?’And I bend down to catch Toby but he ran off. And I walked after him and I bent down again and I said, ‘Toby… Toby… Toby’ and I held out my hand so that he could smell my hand and smeel that it was me. And someone said, ‘Get out of there, for fuck’s sake’, and I looked up and it was a man who was wearing a green raincoat and he had black shoes and his socks were showing and they were grey with little diamond patterns on them.”
This is my favorite one because Christopher was in a sort of trans for 5 hours, just sitting on a bench. After that he also tried to catch Toby who escaped out of his pocket and ran into the lower-down. Then Christopher tries to catch him and a man sees it and he thinks Christopher is nuts. Then there was a roaring sound and the train was approaching. So if Christopher stayed there for a little longer he probably would have died. That’s why, Christopher didn’t realize he almost was killed, but he just tried to safe his rat. This not realizing thing is about his problem.
- Find a poem or pop song that reminds you of one of the characters in the story. Explain your choice.
This poem I found on PoemHunter.com. Mubeen Sadhika wrote it:
Autistic Smile
Smile...smile...where to smile...
through ears...no...nose...
mouth is...for...sounds...
eyes can...hear...noise
Gliding in air...no body...
flapping hands...to feel...
screaming...not getting...ground...
belonging to space...in space less..
Touched...not...to be touched...
ate spice...feeling...the tongue...
cried...knowing...the agony
moved...rocked...sensed...senseless
normal...replacing...order...
abnormal...regularizing...peculiar...
populating common...in uncommon...
shutting off...connections..to.. connect
…
It reminds me of Christopher, he is autistic and this poem is also about autism. What I didn’t tell you before was that Christopher wanted to become an astronaut. He also doesn’t want to be touched that is all in the poem. That’s why.
- Give your opinion of the book and indicate when the book started to interest you.
Actually, from the beginning to the end I found the book real fun to read, it has a good story-line, only the parts in the mind from Christopher were a bit boring and hard to read. I think it is a really nice book. The first book I started to read was to hard so I started this one. It isn’t real hard. It also won the WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR PRICE.
-The review of Independent: ‘Outstanding…a stunningly good read’.
-The review of the Sunday Telegraph: ‘Exceptional by any standards…’
-The review of Guardian: ‘Superbly realized… a funny as well as a sad book… BRILJANT’
-The review of Time Out: ‘A REMAKABLE book… An impressive achievement and rewarding read’
- The review of Ian Mc Ewan: ‘Mark Haddon’s portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a Superb Achievement… Wise and bleakly funny…’
- Has a film been made of the book? If so, compare them
No there isn’t a film about this book. Too bad.
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