Journal Numbero Uno: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time

I am only assigning 1 journal entry for the novel unit, and I usually find this one of the most interesting assignments as I get to have a bit of a dialogue with you about your novel. Please keep the following in mind when it comes to journal writing:

1. Writing in response to reading without a goal of deeper understanding is a waste of time (yours and mine)
2. Your goals are to:a) personalize the story (make it more meaningful for you) b) gain insights about characters c) see the world in a different way
3. The main point of journal writing is to clarify your thoughts by committing your thinking to paper. Please choose a quote or a passage from your novel (include page number) and explain the connection you have made to it. How does the connection you have made help you understand more about the book?

Today you need to post your own journal entry, and respond to one other people in your LIT circle group. As always, proper grammar, spelling, punctuation etc. applies. Finally, make sure you are linked to everyone else who is reading the same novel.

Please include your novel title in your blog title. Example: Journal #1: The Hunger Games

"My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and I know all of their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,057." The book 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' is an extremely interesting book about a 15 year old boy with autism. It explains the everyday thoughts of Christopher, along with his troubles and the things that bring joy to his life. I am absolutely enthralled into this book and I find it very compelling. One of my step-sister's best friends has a slight form of autism and when I was younger I would always got really confused when she would get into fases that she wouldn't talk to anyone or she would run and hide and scream. As I grew older I realized the disease that she has and I learned how to deal with it properly. I always knew that she was especially smart for her age group and that she was a really nice girl. After reading this novel I now understand (somewhat!) what goes through the minds of people with autism. They think of things completely different than the average person. The perspectives that they think of is so amazing, and in some cases I wish I could have thought to look at things that way. Of course, at the same time I am glad that I don't because of the everday struggles it places on you aswell as your family. I find this novel a really good read because it isn't the basic story line that most novels have. It really makes you think differently about the most basic everyday encounters.