PART III. 62-104 (ch 79-127)
1. Why don’t people say exactly what they mean to each other?
2. What is a “white lie”?
3. How does Christopher’s father think about his investigation of the murder case?
4. Can Christopher’s short book have a good ending now?
5. Who does he meet again on the next Super day?
6. Why does he ask her about Ms Shears?
7. What does the lady tell Christopher about Mr Shears?
8. Is Christopher upset about the news?
9. What does Siobhan suggest about describing characters or things in his book?
10. What is The Hound of the Baskervilles?
11. What doesn’t Christopher like about the dog in the story?
12. What do Christopher and Sherock Holmes have in common?
13. What’s Christopher’s memory like?
14. Describe 4 July 1992 at the seaside.
15. What do “See you later, alligator” and “You’ll catch your death in that” mean to him?
16. How does father realize that Christopher hasn’t given up researching Wellington’s murder?
17. What’s a rhetorical question?
18. How does Christopher react when father grabs him?
19. What does father do with the book?
Monday 29 January 2007
3egc / 4egcs PART 3 - timeline
79
- Christopher returns home.
- Father is angry about the detective business ; Christopher promises he’ll stop investigating
83
- “I think I would make a very good astronaut.”
89
- Christopher talks to Siobhan about the book.
- Christopher sees 4 yellow cars in a row → a Black Day → he doesn’t eat anything, sits in the corner etc.
- Christopher sees 4 yellow cars in a row → a Black Day → he doesn’t eat anything, sits in the corner etc.
- He keeps his eyes closed on his way to school.
97
- Christopher sees 5 red cars in a row → Super Good Day
- Christopher meets Mrs Alexander in a shop and talks to her. She doesn’t seem to know that Christopher’s mother died.
101
- a goat or a car?
103
- Christopher returns home, Farher’s worker Rhodri is also there
- he includes a description of a garden (following Siobhan’s instruction for the book)
107
- The Hound of the Baskervilles = Christopher’s favourite book
109
- Christopher writes some more of his book
- Christopher talks to Siobhan about the book – she has read it.
113
- “My memory is like a film.”
- a day with his mother on the beach (Christopher was 9)
127
- comes from school
- leaves his book on the kitchen table and goes to the living room (Blue Planet videos)
- Father returns home
- Father comes to the living room after he has read the book – angry → the problem of rhetorical questions
- They have a fight.
- Father throws the book into the dustbin
End of part 3
- Christopher returns home.
- Father is angry about the detective business ; Christopher promises he’ll stop investigating
83
- “I think I would make a very good astronaut.”
89
- Christopher talks to Siobhan about the book.
- Christopher sees 4 yellow cars in a row → a Black Day → he doesn’t eat anything, sits in the corner etc.
- Christopher sees 4 yellow cars in a row → a Black Day → he doesn’t eat anything, sits in the corner etc.
- He keeps his eyes closed on his way to school.
97
- Christopher sees 5 red cars in a row → Super Good Day
- Christopher meets Mrs Alexander in a shop and talks to her. She doesn’t seem to know that Christopher’s mother died.
101
- a goat or a car?
103
- Christopher returns home, Farher’s worker Rhodri is also there
- he includes a description of a garden (following Siobhan’s instruction for the book)
107
- The Hound of the Baskervilles = Christopher’s favourite book
109
- Christopher writes some more of his book
- Christopher talks to Siobhan about the book – she has read it.
113
- “My memory is like a film.”
- a day with his mother on the beach (Christopher was 9)
127
- comes from school
- leaves his book on the kitchen table and goes to the living room (Blue Planet videos)
- Father returns home
- Father comes to the living room after he has read the book – angry → the problem of rhetorical questions
- They have a fight.
- Father throws the book into the dustbin
End of part 3
Sunday 21 January 2007
3egc/4egcs - PART 2 - questions
Answer the following questions (p35-61):
1) What about Christopher’s mother?
2) The meaning of colours for Christopher.
3) Who’s Mr Jeavons?
4) Does Christopher believe in heaven and God?
5) How does Christopher investigate Wellington’s murder?
6) How do the neighbours treat him?
7) Who does Christopher suspect of the murder ? Why?
8) What’s the relationship between Mrs Shears and Christopher’s father?
9) What are the children in Christopher’s school called?
10) What does Christopher call them?
11) What exam is Christopher going to take as the first at his school and how does the principal feel about it?
12) Mention at least three of his “behavioural problems” that you find most interesting.
3egc/4egcs - PART 2 - timeline
53
- Mother dies of a heart-attack (at 38)
- a get-well card (9 red cars)
- Mrs Shears comes over and cooks supper for them
59
- Christopher decides he will find out about Wellington’s murder
- explains how he doesn’t always do what he’s told → confusing instructions
- Christopher goes to Mrs Shears’ house, asks her if she knows who killed Wellington
- secretly goes to the shed in her garden, finds the fork, Mrs S. sees him, urges him to go home
61
- Christopher explains his views on heaven and dying
- He says that he didn’t go to his mother’s funeral.
67
- Father watched a football match; Christopher did some more detection (talking to other people who lived in their street)
- he doesn’t like strangers – they are hard to understand
- meets old Mrs Alexander
- explains that Mrs Shears’ husband left her two years ago
71
- Christopher writes about school a bit – he wants to take an A – level in mathematics
- plans for future
73
- “my Behavioural Problems”
End of part 2
- Mother dies of a heart-attack (at 38)
- a get-well card (9 red cars)
- Mrs Shears comes over and cooks supper for them
59
- Christopher decides he will find out about Wellington’s murder
- explains how he doesn’t always do what he’s told → confusing instructions
- Christopher goes to Mrs Shears’ house, asks her if she knows who killed Wellington
- secretly goes to the shed in her garden, finds the fork, Mrs S. sees him, urges him to go home
61
- Christopher explains his views on heaven and dying
- He says that he didn’t go to his mother’s funeral.
67
- Father watched a football match; Christopher did some more detection (talking to other people who lived in their street)
- he doesn’t like strangers – they are hard to understand
- meets old Mrs Alexander
- explains that Mrs Shears’ husband left her two years ago
71
- Christopher writes about school a bit – he wants to take an A – level in mathematics
- plans for future
73
- “my Behavioural Problems”
End of part 2
3egc/4egcs - PART 1 - questions
Answer the following questions (p 1-34)
0. Who is writing the story and why?
1. Describe the situation a few minutes after midnight in front of Mrs Shear’s house.
2. What do we learn about the dog?
3. Who do you think is Siobhan?
4. Describe Christopher. (What’s he like? What do you think about him?)
5. What’s interesting about the chapter numbers?
6. How does Christopher see people?
7. Why does he decide to write about a dog’s murder, not a human one?
8. How does Christopher feel about the police?
9. How does he react when held tight by a police officer?
10. What happens at the police station?
11. The night in the police cell.
12. How does he feel about people generally?
13.What does Christopher think about metaphors?
Explain the ones on p.19.
I laughed my socks off. =
He was the apple of her eye. =
They had a skeleton in the cupboard. =
We had a real pig of a day.=
The dog was stone dead. =
14.How do Christopher and his father show affection?
15. How often does Christopher tell lies?
16. Who’s Toby?
17. What does Christopher want to do about Wellington’s death?
0. Who is writing the story and why?
1. Describe the situation a few minutes after midnight in front of Mrs Shear’s house.
2. What do we learn about the dog?
3. Who do you think is Siobhan?
4. Describe Christopher. (What’s he like? What do you think about him?)
5. What’s interesting about the chapter numbers?
6. How does Christopher see people?
7. Why does he decide to write about a dog’s murder, not a human one?
8. How does Christopher feel about the police?
9. How does he react when held tight by a police officer?
10. What happens at the police station?
11. The night in the police cell.
12. How does he feel about people generally?
13.What does Christopher think about metaphors?
Explain the ones on p.19.
I laughed my socks off. =
He was the apple of her eye. =
They had a skeleton in the cupboard. =
We had a real pig of a day.=
The dog was stone dead. =
14.How do Christopher and his father show affection?
15. How often does Christopher tell lies?
16. Who’s Toby?
17. What does Christopher want to do about Wellington’s death?
3egc/4egcs - PART 1 - timeline
2
- the dog is dead on the lawn, in front of Mrs Shers’ house (Wellington, a poodle), killed with a garden fork
3
- Christopher introduces himself: Christopher Francis Boone (15 years, 3 months and 2 days old)
- he tells about Siobhan ☺
5
- he holds the dog for 4 minutes
- Mrs Shears comes and thinks he’s killed it
7
- he explains about this novel (=a murder mystery novel) → The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes)
11
- the police arrive
- a policeman questions Christopher → too many questions → Christopher panics and hits him
13
- Christopher explains that this won’t be a funny book → he doesn’t understand jokes
17
- Christopher is arrested → it calms (!) him
- he explains about the Milky Way, the stars, the Big Bang, the universe expanding
19
- Christopher explains how chapters are marked with prime numbers: “Prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.”
23
- Christopher gets to the police station
- has to empty his pockets (exact description)
- gets to his cell → a perfect cube (exact description)→ nice
- wonders how he’d escape (using glasses to set fire)
29
- Christopher explains why he finds people confusing (”people do a lot of talking without using any words”)
31
- Father arrives
- Christopher sees him (he doesn’t like hugging people → they spread their fingers out in a fan)
- Christopher is interviewed (he always tells the truth)
- they drive home
37
- “I do not tell lies” – Christopher explains he CAN’T tell lies
- he mentions his mother
41
- on the way home Christopher apologizes to his father
- says he wants fo find Wellington’s murderer → the father is angry
- goes to his room to play some computer games
- returns to the kitchen, sees his father crying
43
- Christopher tells us that his mother died 2 years ago (comes from school, she’s not there, the father tells him she’s in the hospital)
47
- on his way to school in the bus they pass 4 red cars = a Good Day (he explains why)
- tells about his conversation with Mr Jeavons (about becoming an astronaut)
- Terry – a bully
- Siobhan encourages Christopher to write a story about Wellington (he’s telling it 2 years after these events?)
End of part 1
- the dog is dead on the lawn, in front of Mrs Shers’ house (Wellington, a poodle), killed with a garden fork
3
- Christopher introduces himself: Christopher Francis Boone (15 years, 3 months and 2 days old)
- he tells about Siobhan ☺
5
- he holds the dog for 4 minutes
- Mrs Shears comes and thinks he’s killed it
7
- he explains about this novel (=a murder mystery novel) → The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes)
11
- the police arrive
- a policeman questions Christopher → too many questions → Christopher panics and hits him
13
- Christopher explains that this won’t be a funny book → he doesn’t understand jokes
17
- Christopher is arrested → it calms (!) him
- he explains about the Milky Way, the stars, the Big Bang, the universe expanding
19
- Christopher explains how chapters are marked with prime numbers: “Prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.”
23
- Christopher gets to the police station
- has to empty his pockets (exact description)
- gets to his cell → a perfect cube (exact description)→ nice
- wonders how he’d escape (using glasses to set fire)
29
- Christopher explains why he finds people confusing (”people do a lot of talking without using any words”)
31
- Father arrives
- Christopher sees him (he doesn’t like hugging people → they spread their fingers out in a fan)
- Christopher is interviewed (he always tells the truth)
- they drive home
37
- “I do not tell lies” – Christopher explains he CAN’T tell lies
- he mentions his mother
41
- on the way home Christopher apologizes to his father
- says he wants fo find Wellington’s murderer → the father is angry
- goes to his room to play some computer games
- returns to the kitchen, sees his father crying
43
- Christopher tells us that his mother died 2 years ago (comes from school, she’s not there, the father tells him she’s in the hospital)
47
- on his way to school in the bus they pass 4 red cars = a Good Day (he explains why)
- tells about his conversation with Mr Jeavons (about becoming an astronaut)
- Terry – a bully
- Siobhan encourages Christopher to write a story about Wellington (he’s telling it 2 years after these events?)
End of part 1
Monday 15 January 2007
3egc/4egcs - the Curious Incident - Asperger's syndrome
Asperger's syndrome
Christopher, 15 suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism. His impairment (=prizadetost) is not a single disorder. It is shown in the following areas:
· Social interaction – an autistic person has difficulty in making and keeping relationships with people and living in society. Their permanent question is: Why do people behave the way they do?
· Language and communication – an autistic person has difficulties both verbal and non-verbal. Their language is simple, no long, complex sentences. But if there are such sentences, they are linked by “and”, “because” or “but”. Although Christopher knows many words he is unable to use them to make his writing more interesting, and has little or no awareness of subtle emotional gradations between words (scared-frightened-terrified-petrified). He cannot express irony, sarcasm, wit, but puts a premium on detailed description of events. An autistic person is unable to describe anything that has not been seen and uses very few examples of idiomatic or colloquial speech.
· Vocabularies may be extraordinarily rich and some autistic children sound like "little professors." However, although extremely literal, they have difficulty using language in a social context.
· Imagination - an autistic person has difficulties with creative ideas and abstract thinking. Symbolic meaning, metaphors or abstract thought are difficult to understand for them. (“Raining cats and dogs” is quite unimaginable for Christopher)
· An autistic person sees colours in a different way and feels the sounds differently.
· By definition, autistic people have a normal IQ and many individuals (although not all), exhibit exceptional skill or talent in a specific area. Because of their high degree of functionality and their naiveté, they are often viewed as eccentric or odd and can easily become victims of teasing and bullying.
For more information read . http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair/survival/looking.html
He is an "autist" and gives advice to people who have AS just like him.
Some Further info on the disease on page http://www.autismandcomputing.org.uk/marc1.en.html
Christopher, 15 suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism. His impairment (=prizadetost) is not a single disorder. It is shown in the following areas:
· Social interaction – an autistic person has difficulty in making and keeping relationships with people and living in society. Their permanent question is: Why do people behave the way they do?
· Language and communication – an autistic person has difficulties both verbal and non-verbal. Their language is simple, no long, complex sentences. But if there are such sentences, they are linked by “and”, “because” or “but”. Although Christopher knows many words he is unable to use them to make his writing more interesting, and has little or no awareness of subtle emotional gradations between words (scared-frightened-terrified-petrified). He cannot express irony, sarcasm, wit, but puts a premium on detailed description of events. An autistic person is unable to describe anything that has not been seen and uses very few examples of idiomatic or colloquial speech.
· Vocabularies may be extraordinarily rich and some autistic children sound like "little professors." However, although extremely literal, they have difficulty using language in a social context.
· Imagination - an autistic person has difficulties with creative ideas and abstract thinking. Symbolic meaning, metaphors or abstract thought are difficult to understand for them. (“Raining cats and dogs” is quite unimaginable for Christopher)
· An autistic person sees colours in a different way and feels the sounds differently.
· By definition, autistic people have a normal IQ and many individuals (although not all), exhibit exceptional skill or talent in a specific area. Because of their high degree of functionality and their naiveté, they are often viewed as eccentric or odd and can easily become victims of teasing and bullying.
For more information read . http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair/survival/looking.html
He is an "autist" and gives advice to people who have AS just like him.
Some Further info on the disease on page http://www.autismandcomputing.org.uk/marc1.en.html
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