How would the story have been different had it been written in a different point of view? How does the fact that Christopher has Asberger’s syndrome affect the novel?
I think that the fact that the book is written in Christopher’s point of view has everything to say for the story. It is what makes the book differ from other stories. I also think that if it had been written from someone else’s point of view we would have a completely different picture of Christopher. Most of the book takes place inside his mind, and if the narrator had for example his father, we would only get to see what he thought was going on.
People with Asperger’s syndrome can often come across as strange to others. Mark Haddon makes me like Christopher through how his thoughts are described and his confusion regarding human behaviour. If I had met Christopher through another character I don’t think I would have liked him so much, because as I said, they can come across quite strange. With the word strange I am not thinking about strange as in doing weird and peculiar things, but some Autistic people can seem a little cold and emotionless. If the scene where he hits the policeman had been written from outside his mind it would be hard to understand why he assaulted him. It would, to me, have been a stupid act since the policeman really didn’t deserve it, and I would not have liked Christopher. However, by telling us how other people touching him makes him feel I feel empathy towards him.
His syndrome highly affects the language in the book as well as it influences which of the characters we like. It makes the language simple, but at the same time he manages to express himself in a good way. The straightforward way the book was written takes away all the unnecessary things we say during a day. I think this makes me think about how we communicate with each other, and how we in some cases tend to never really say what we want to say.
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