A Curious Incident of the Dog(e) in the Nighttime

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High School IB English L&L HL (Paper 2) Mind Map on A Curious Incident of the Dog(e) in the Nighttime, created by askekjaer on 28/04/2014.
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A Curious Incident of the Dog(e) in the Nighttime
  1. Themes
    1. Independence
      1. Self-Discovery
        1. Lies and Deception
          1. Individual Vs. Society
          2. Genre
            1. Bildungsroman (Coming of age)
              1. Christopher leans to adapt
              2. Detective Novel
                1. Limited 1st Person Perspective
                  1. Observational Tendencies
                  2. Crime/Mystery Elements. Discovery is central to the novel
                  3. Drama
                    1. Life-changing events
                    2. Occasional Humourous elements
                      1. Children's Story?
                      2. Context
                        1. Haddon is an Atheist
                          1. Haddon used to work with Autistic Children
                            1. Autism is not a theme, but rather a narrative tool
                              1. Observational Tendencies
                          2. Style and Structure
                            1. Illustrations, Drawings
                              1. Alternative view of the world -> Link to Autism?
                              2. Language is very childish and train of thought-y. Lacks Punctuation and connectives
                                1. Language tends to be very matter-of-fact and observational, different from peers and adults
                                  1. Flowing tangents, weird links
                                  2. Consious Narrative (Diary form)
                                    1. Contains elements of both direct and indirect speech
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