The Curious Incident

BOOK PRESENTATION

The Curious-Incident

CURIOUS INCIDENT DOG NIGHT-TIME

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ANTICIPATE

Look at these 4 covers:Which cover do you think would appeal most to adults? Which to teenagers? Which do you prefer? Do the cover pictures help you to add anything to your predictions about the book?

What do you expect the novel to be about?

Do you know its origin?

The title: The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Mark Haddon

It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs. Shears’s house.

Let's study

Say why the Curious Incident starts like a «whodunnit»?

PLACE: VICTIM : WEAPON: A CRIME? : yes or no?WHY?

Chapter 2

Who is it about?

Chapter 3

Chapter 5:

• Why does Christopher like dogs?

• What do you learn about Christopher?

Chapter 7

• What else do we learn about Christopher?

• Who is Siobhan?

• Do you agree with her? Is the novel different?

Why does Christopher speak about a bakery?

Chapter 11

Do you understand the joke?

Chapter 13

Christopher's version of the end of the world, what is your opinion?

Who is missing?

Chapter 17

Do you agree with his definition of life? Yours?

Chapter 19

What important piece of information is given?

Why is the cell "nice"?

Chapter 23

Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?”
Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
Gregory: “The dog did nothing in the night-time.”Holmes: “That was the curious incident.”