The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chapter 3 Quotes
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chapter 3 Quotes
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Quote 1
[...] I knew that it meant "happy," like when I'm reading about the Apollo space missions, or when I am still awake at three or four in the morning and I can walk up and down the street and pretend that I am the only person in the world. (3.3)
This doesn't sound so unreasonable, fantasizing about being the only person left on the planet. But what's left unsaid is how unconcerned Christopher would be about the disappearance of everyone he knows, and how utterly incapable he is of stepping outside himself.
Quote 2
I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant. I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn't understand what someone was saying. 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. (3.5)
This is a touching, but ultimately quite sad, image. It's one of the few times we get a sense of just how difficult it is for Christopher to be unable to communicate with people, and the effort he has put forth to try to better understand what people are saying.
Quote 3
My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,507. (3.1)
This is how Christopher introduces himself. The way he says this, it's almost as if the things he knows are as important as his name, like they're part of his identity. Imagine if he wrote himself some business cards – they would have his name, his phone number, and all his most impressive factoids.