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Character Analysis Of Ed Boone In 'Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night'

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In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time, the character Ed Boone is the most influential character because he is loving and untrustworthy, which leads to Christopher's investigation of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. Christopher’s father, Ed Boone, is very loving toward his son. Christopher’s father would do anything to protect his son, even hide him from his mother, who betrayed them by having an affair and moving away with another man. Since Christopher doesn’t enjoy human contact, especially hugs, Christopher and his father touch fingers to show that they love each other. Christopher states, "He held up his right hand and spread his fingers out into a fan. I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out into a fan and we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other. …show more content…

This proves how much father loves Christopher because he will sacrifice hugging his son for the most part and that should hurt a lot not being able to hug his son. There are lots of sacrifices Christopher’s father makes for his son, like not being able to hug him, or having to deal with him being “different” but he sacrifices it all because he loves Christopher. Furthermore, Christopher’s father is not perfect. He makes mistakes, some really big ones. Father hid Christopher’s mother from him for a really long time, but he did it to protect Christopher because he loves him and won’t let anything bad happen to Christopher. Father states, "I did it for your good, Christopher" (Haddon, 114)... "Christopher I would never, ever do anything to hurt you" (Haddon, 219). These two quotes represent how much Christopher’s father would do for him, no matter how bad it is. Also it helps prove that father would never ever try to hurt Christopher. Although Christopher’s father is not perfect he still tries his hardest to raise Christopher all by himself. He tries to provide a warm and loving household for his

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