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Examples Of Christopher's Distorted Emotion

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Christopher’s Distorted Emotion
We all have different viewpoints and the past few months have been crazy with the recent election season. Many people are very sturdy in their beliefs and can 't seem to think what the other person sees in the opposite candidate. That 's how Christopher see the entire world, in a totally opposite view point than others. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time author Mark Haddon writes about a boy named Christopher who is trying to solve the mystery, of who killed his neighbor 's dog Wellington. Along the way he runs into problems that occur because of his emotional disorder. Mark Haddon shows Christopher’s distorted emotion through Christopher’s problems such as his Mother’s

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