2 - chapter 31-71

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Lesson 2

Today

• Story so far
• Themes
• Wellington's murder
• Today's assignments
• Exit question

Story so far

Christopher = main character & narrator of story

 - Would the story be different if there was another narrator?

- Is Christopher a reliable narrator? Why (not)?

Main event = Dog (Wellington) was killed

- What do we know about the murder so far?

- Who do(n't) you suspect? Why?

What difficulties do you think Christopher will encounter during the investigation?

Themes

• Language and communication
  
• Logic vs Emotion
  
• Subjectivity vs Objectivity
  
• Coping with loss
  
• Truth and (white) lies
  
• Love

Last creative assignment

- Last creative assignment is a video -> you have 3 options

1 = Trailer for movie about the book (alone or in pairs) 5 min.

2 = Spoken book review/report (alone) 3 min.

3 = Roleplay of a scene from the book (Maximum of 4 people per video) at least 5 full sentences per person

Hand in this creative assignment by putting a link to a (private) youtube video in the book report.

• Example: Christopher fully believes his mother is dead (because his father told him so)
• Christopher doesn't react emotional to the fact that his mother might be alive. He's only curious about finding out the truth. This happens throughout the book.
• The story about the mother dying was very vague, the affair with the neighbour who dissapeared as well could also be foreshadowing.

Today's exercises

• Read chapters 31 to 71
• Do the creative assignment
• Update the character list
• Update the list of themes
• Write a short summary in your own words (Dutch or English)

Who is your prime suspect so far?

How does Christopher decide if it's a good or a bad day?

Explain Christopher and his father's "special hug"

How would you start the murder investigation?