In the novel, it starts off with the main character Christopher John Francis Boone, who finds Mrs. Shears dog, dead on her lawn. Christopher is a very smart autistic 15-year-old boy who in incapable of lying. Mrs. Shears then finds Christopher hugging her dog and calls the police. From then on, Christopher is determined to find out who killed Wellington (the dog) after being let off with a warning from hitting the police officer. I find that so far this book is original with its chapters being only prime numbers, its narrator with his thoughts and confusion on illogical things like humor, and the little diagrams shown. Also i find it interesting that for now, he keeps mentioning a Siobhan and all we know is that they go to the same school. But somehow she always knows exactly what to do or how to talk for him to understand. Every few chapters, Christopher talks about his mother, and how she passed away. When Christopher's father came to pick him up from the police station, I liked how because Christopher doesn't like hugs they have their own way of showing they love each other by making their fingers and thumbs fan out and touch. It makes me wonder how they came up with it, and how they decided that it would mean what it means. But, despite being told by his father to keep his nose out of other people's business, Christopher is determined to find out who killed Wellington and I'm afraid it might cause some trouble.
Christopher is incapable of lying we do see he tells many white lies to get away with sneaking around. We do see these many white lies catching up with him though later in the novel. As well as the lies his father tells which makes Christopher not trust him or feel safe.
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