LibGuides: English Standard Year 12 -The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Characters &amp; Quotes

Character analysis - Christopher

Character analysis - Ed Boone

Character List

Christopher Boone
Christopher Boone is the 15- (and 3 months, 2 days) year-old protagonist of the novel. Christopher suffers from an unnamed disability, somewhere on the autism spectrum, most likely Asperger's syndrome.
Ed Boone
Ed Boone is Christopher's father who takes on the challenge of raising Christopher alone when his wife runs off with another man. He owns a modest business, a heating maintenance and boiler repair company, with only one employee.
Judy Boone
Judy Boone is Christopher's mother who had an affair with a neighbor and abandoned her disabled son because she could not cope with his needs. Mrs. Boone tends to be more emotional and more easily frustrated than her ex-husband, experiencing a wider spectrum of feelings from fierce love and pride in Christopher to despair she will never be able to touch him or take care of him.
Roger Shears
Roger Shears is the Boones' neighbor who has an affair with Mrs. Boone and whisks her off to start a new life in London.
Mrs Alexander
Mrs. Alexander is a neighbor of the Boones, who accidentally reveals to Christopher his mother had an affair with Mr. Shears.
Eileen Shears
Eileen Shears is the Boones' neighbor, whose dog, Wellington, is murdered with a garden fork. The nature of her previous relationship with Mr. Boone is unclear.
Siobhan
Siobhan has been one of Christopher's teachers at his special school for eight years, and he describes her as having long blond hair and green plastic glasses.

Character Map

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Quotes

Top 50 Quotes: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Quotes

References

References

Course Hero. (2016). The curious incident of the dog in the night-time: Character analysis. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Curious-Incident-of-the-Dog-in-the-Night-Time/character-analysis/
Course Hero. (2016). The curious incident of the dog in the night-time: Character map. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Curious-Incident-of-the-Dog-in-the-Night-Time/character-map/
Fong, T. (2021). 50 important quotes you should pay attention to in ‘the curious incident of the dog in the night-time’. Art of Smart.https://artofsmart.com.au/english/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-quotes/
Mr Bruff. (2017, September 21). "Curious incident' character analysis: Christopher [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Jp-7b8ApBOA
Mr Bruff. (2017, November 30). "Curious incident' character analysis: Ed Boone [Video]. https://youtu.be/J3y4e1w1IDI
SparkNotes. (2023). The curious incident of the dog in the night-time: Important quotes explained. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time/quotes/