Final the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

 

Character Analysis

 

Christopher John Francis Boone- The Protagonist in the story as well as the narrator.  He is a dynamic character who is trying to solve the mystery in the story about who killed the dog, Wimbledon.  While he is investigating he learns other information that relates to his mother who was killed by a heart attack out of the blue.  Through this investigation  he goes through many changes making him a dynamic character.  He has what seems to be a fairly sever case of Asperger's syndrome and social skills are very tough for him.  Other than that in the book it seems to look like he has a photographic memory which as he refers to as a "recording device" and is extremely smart at subjects that do not require too much critical thinking like math.

 

Christopher's Father (Ed Boone)-The single father that goes through a big change in his life when Christopher finds out the truth about his mother.  He is also a dynamic character because throughout the book he goes through some pretty drastic changes. 

 

Christopher's Mother (Judy Boone)-Another character that is tied to the family drama going on throughout the book and also goes through a drastic change like the father and Chistopher.  Christopher's father has told Christopher that she has died from a heart attack but after Christopher goes through his dad's room he figures out that this was all a lie.

 

Mr. Shears-Christopher's old neighbor that moved out and got divorced to Mrs. Shears divorced him for an unknown reason until later in the book.  Christopher's father as well as Mrs. Shears will not mention his name and despises him.  Mrs. Shears is a supporting character that does not go through any change but is related into the family drama that the Boone family is going through therefore she  is a flat character.

 

Siobhan-Christopher's aide and teacher throughout the book who gives him a lot of adivse and influences his decisions.  She does not go through a change in the book making her a flat character.

Wimbleton-The victim of the mystery that is taking place in the book.  He was a large black poodle that belonged to Mrs. Shears.  He is a very important character that is mention offten, but because of his passing never shows up as himself in the book except for in the beginning when Christopher finds him in the front lawn of Mrs. Shears house dead with a garden fork sticking out of him.  He does go through a change from death to life, but sense he does not go through an emotional change he is a flat character.