Mod B

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

Metafictive Declaration “this is a murder mystery”

H Acknledge Nvls’ Genre

C’s MD “”

Mrroring Convntional Struct Dtective Stry

Includ Clues & Red Herring

Reccuring Repetition “and I said… and he said… and I said”

Howver Undrmined RR “” Hghlghts C’s

Inability Undrstnd Nuanced Emo Betw Charac

Lim Logicl Intrptation Adopts Uniq Narr Styl

Cllab Redr & Narr Encrge Brdge Undrstnding

Intertextuality “The Hound of the Baskervilles”

H’s I Alldes Detect Stries “”

Posi Redr Acknledge C’s Rtional Shrk Holms

Reinfrce Logi Reason NeuroDiv Charac

Redr Absnt Dr Watson Provi Emo Insght

Polysyndeton Accumulation “WH Smith, Mezzanine, Heathrow. Express”

Frthermore, Narr Voice Mrrors C’s

Stream Of Conscissnss Constnt Use of PA“”

Rflects C’s Sensry Ovrload Redr Continue

Occpy Rol Flter Ovrwhlm Offr Emo Insghts

Derogatory Language “Special needs, behavioural problems, learning disabilities”

Extrnal Dscript C’s Prsonalty

Lim to DL “”

Estblsh Soc’s Lack of Emp

Tward NeuroDiv Comm

Outburst “This is when I hit him”

H Cnvey Lack of Emp Harm NeuroDiv Indiv

Through C’s O ““

Fllwing Ableist Encnter Pliceman

Lack of Sensry Senstvty Exacerbates Discomf

Aggravated Speech “You little shit”

Mrover, Pliceman’s AS ““

Rflects Soc View & Intraction NeuroDiv Indiv

Addrss Issue Lack of Undrstnding Ang & Frust

Rveal Expr Hrsh Treatmnts Realstic Reprsntn

Characterising “I am going to prove that I’m not stupid”

Dspite This, H Chllnges Mscncptions

Of NeuoDiv Indiv C C’s Dtermin A-levels ““

Chllnging Soc Expc Intllctual Defncy

Twards NeuroDiv Comm 21st Cntry 1st Prson

Unreliable Narration “A lie is when you say something happened, which didn’t happen. But there is only ever one thing which happened at a particular time and a particular place”

C’s UN Undsnding Abslute Truth ““

Rveals C’s Intrpration of Truth

Lim Prsonal Bias

Emph Sngular Authritative Narr Unattainable

Dialogue “And Father said, “Christopher, do you understand that I love you?” And I said “Yes,” because loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble”

C’s New Undrsnding Love through D ““

Hghlghts Chnge Persp Regrd Love

Rveal How Being-Opn Minded

Fosters Emo Growth

Irony “Father had murdered Wellington… I couldn’t trust him, even though he had said “Trust me,””

C’s Dscvery ““ I Subverts Narr “Trust” 

Imposted C’s Fther 

H Estblsh Cmplxty Persp Subj Cnstnt Change 

Cnstntly Chllnged 

Anaphora “And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington?

H Dmnstrate Impor Chllnging Snglar Auth Narr

Through A of “Because” C’s Achievmnts ““

Dsmantling Narr of NeuroDiv Inferiotity

Perpetuated Through Soc