The curious incident of the dog in the night-time review

I did not especially enjoy this book, although it wasn't bad. The way it was written got very boring to read at times , however it was interesting to see the point of view of the protagonist , Christopher.

The book is about an autistic boy who finds his neighbors dog dead.  He spends his time trying to figure out the mystery of who killed the dog. He enjoys mysterys and thorugh the novel he discovers things about his life and how he views things.

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. I agree with this statement. People are very dependent on technology and purchased goods. For thousands of years people lived without electronics and many of the inventions we have today , and they survived and lived fine.

However, I also believe the amount of material goods we have at our disposal to use and purchase is very convenient and it shows how we have progressed through time. I think that technology can begin to dominate us if we become to dependent on it but, it is also very beneficial to the way we live in the world today. Without some of the material goods we have life could be harder and worse than with them.

Prime Numbers

I am currently reading a book named The Curious Incident of The Dog In the Nighttime. In the book the protagonist , Christopher says, "Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away.  I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them."This is a very interesting quote ... I believe what the author is trying to get across is that Christopher thinks of life in a unique way. It is hard for him to believe in things that aren't logical.

I agree with the quote. There is no set of rules in life , just like there are no rules to finding every prime number. Although both are logical , the reasons why certain things are in life is unclear or not completely there. Life can be a mystery and tough to understand.