Post Reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

For my post reading, I am choosing to write about the quote, “Time is only the relationship between the way different things change.” I think this quote not only relates to the events in the book, but everyday life in general.

                First I’m going to talk about the many ways this quote relates to the book.  The first and probably most important example is how time is what allows Christopher to find his mother. So much had changed for his mother, including their relationship. Christopher’s father told him that his mother had passed away from a heart attack. He believed him because he had no reason not to.  When Christopher was in his father’s bedroom looking for his missing book, he found his book along with tons of letters addressed to him from his mother in London. He thought this could not be true because his mother was dead. He read a few and then his father found him and told him the truth about what had really happened to his mother. At this same time, his father told him the truth about Wellington, the dog Christopher was writing a book about. His father killed Wellington because he felt like the dog was more important his girlfriend than he was. The dog didn’t like him either so he killed Wellington to gain Mrs. Shears’ attention back. He told Christopher that he was sorry for lying so much, but after hearing all this news, Christopher didn’t trust his father so he ran away and later traveled by himself to London to live with his mother. This shows how time is the only relationship between change.

Another supporting example of this quote is how Christopher eventually found out who killed Wellington. For the first half of the book, it was about Christopher trying to solve the mystery of who killed a neighborhood dog named Wellington. He talked to many people about this but no one knew any beneficial information. Once his father found out he was investigating this topic, he became very angry with him. He took Christopher’s book that he was writing about the topic and hid it from him. Later Christopher finds out that his father had killed Wellington because of jealousy and needed attention. I think these examples best support this quote.

                This quote applies to everyday life in some of the same ways. To me, this quote mean that if you wait long enough, through all of the changes along the way, you will eventually find what you’ve been looking for. I think this is true for dealing with loss, unwanted change, love, and many other life situations.

                I really enjoyed reading this book, although at sometimes I thought it was a bit difficult to follow. I think this book taught some really good lessons that everyone can relate to.

PS: I also learned that this book was made into a famous Broadway play. J