Name 5 of the main themes of the novel

The life of a boy with autism

The whole book is built around a young boy with big issues. He probably has Asperger Syndrome, some kind of autism. He thinks very different to other people and his reactions are very unpredictable and sometimes strange as well.

Relationship between parents of such a boy

Another important theme is, how Christopher influences the relationship between his mother and his father. Only by Christopher they recognized how different they are and that they want different things in their life. This causes his mother to leave the family and live with another man in London.

Detective work (Sherlock Holmes)

Christopher writes this story, because he gets involved by the case of Wellington the killed dog. He starts to investigate in the case and this leads to him unrevealing the disappear of his mother. He also mentions Sherlock Holmes for multiple times as his role model.

Meaning of things

Christopher looks at things in a very strange, but also straight forward logic way. He doesn’t understand when other people do jokes or when they lie. He can describe his own thoughts, but he can’t understand emotions or metaphors at all.

Reactions of other people


As the story goes on, Christopher engages various strangers what is very hard for him. It’s interesting how the author tries to represent the reactions to Christopher’s actions and behaviour in the sight of other people.

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