Reaction to "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  For class we read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I thought that it was a very interesting book to read. It was easy to read and I always wanted to keep reading on to find out what was going to happen. I think the fact that the main character, Christopher who had a disibility made it even more interesting to read. I found it interesting reading about all the struggles he went through and how he overcame them even with his disibility.
   I also learned a lot about people with disabilites, I learned how they really are smart and people don't really realize that. Christopher was very smart in solving his problems. The setup of how the author wrote this book was also something i enjoyed. He wrote it in Christophers point-of-view so I got to read what it was like in a persons mind with a disibility. The way it was wrote was probably one of my favorite parts of the book, it really made the story.
  What kept me wanting to read more was how the main point of the story was Christopher trying to find his mom. The red herrings that came a long the way with the story were also very interesting. Christopher trying to solve the mystery about who killed Wellington left me wanting to learn more about it as I read. Everything Christopher went through to find his mom were all the red herrings in the book.
   I really enjoyed reading this book, it is my favorite book that we have read so far in class. I liked reading about Christophers growth with his disibility as the story went on grew. I learned a lot about what people with Asbergers have to go through and how they really are just like everyone else. The ending of the book where Christopher went to find his mom showed all his fears he had to overcome.

Sherlock Holmes Response

  After watching the movie Sherlock Holmes in class I realized that there were a lot of similarities between it and the book Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Sherlock Holmes was mentioned many times in this book by Christopher, and I never really understood why. Sherlock Holmes was Christophers favorite investigator and he would always relate things going on in the book to him.
   From the book I thought Sherlock Holmes was going to be a old boring movie, but after watching it I thought it was pretty good. I now understand why Christopher related so many things to Sherlock Holmes. Christopher and Sherlock Holmes have many things in common, such as they both were trying to solve mysteries. Sherlock Holmes was trying to figure out how Lord Blackwood came back from the grave and how he was going to stop him. Where as Christopher was trying to find his mom. Both of these stories had many red herrings in them also. The red herring in Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was when Wellington got killed and Christoper was investigating who killed him. The red herring in Sherlock Holmes was the cyanide the girl that was with Sherlock throughout the movie took with her.

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau believed that in order to live well, we must reduce the number of material goods we have. Otherwise, these things begin to dominate us. Take a position on this and explain.

    I think that Henry David Thoreau is right in this quote. Kids spend so much time on computers, video games, cell phones, ipods, etc. These new technological resources affect their education, because instead of studying or doing homework many of them are using one of these resources. T.V is another electronic that kids are watching instead of going outside and doing physical activities, which can lead to weight problems.
   I also think he is right because humans are never satisfied with what they have. There are always new versions of electronics coming out and they always want the newest best one. Giving up electronics people can actually start working more instead of wasting time on them. People let material possesions get the best of them sometimes.

Prime Numbers response

    I think that prime numbers and life are completly different. When Christopher used life to compare to prime numbers he said that they were a like because you can never figure them out, no matter how hard you tryed. The part about prime numbers not changing is true, but in life things are always changing.
    Prime numbers will never change, they will always be the same numbers. When it comes to life there are changes made every day. When it comes to life if ytou don't like something you can change it.