The curious incident notes

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The dog of Mr. Shear has been stabbed with a garden fork, Christopher went to see
what happened and saw the dog dead, the name of the dog is wellington. Mrs shear
saw Christopher hugging the dog ant told him to fuck off. mrs shear called the police,
the police thought christopher was the murder of the dog and begun to ask questions
to christopher. christopher who doesn't like being asked questions because he gets
nervous punched the officer. The officer took christopher to prison and he stayed
there for all the night.

Characteristics of the characters:

Christopher:

- aspergillus (type of autism)

- doesn't like being shouted nor touched
- loves dogs

Siobhan:
-christopher´s psychologist teacher

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Characters:

MR JEAVONS
- Is the psychologist of the school

TERRY
- Francis older brother (said christopher would not get a good job)

Mr. Peters
- Art teacher

Mrs. Hardisty
- neighbour of christopher who died from a heart attack (aneurysms)

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Christopher explains how his mother died, we get to know some new characters
most of them are from school. christopher decides to go to mrs shears house to ask
if she knew who killed the dog and mrs shear didn't reply and told him to leave.
christopher went to the backyard and saw the green fork that was exactly the same
as the one it was used to kill the dog. mrs shear saw him and went to the backyard
and told him to get out of her house or she would call the police . Christopher
decided to go around his neighbourhood asking if they saw who killed wellington and
if they saw anything suspicious but there was no luck. christopher talks about A
levels, he explains that in his school they didn't allow him to take them but his dad
insisted and finally they allowed him. he is determined to achieve a grade A .

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In this section, Christopher repeatedly considers situations in which things turn out to
be different than they initially appear, suggesting an attempt on Christopher’s part to
come to terms with the news of Mother’s affair. In Chapter 103, he spends time
observing clouds that look like fish scales and sand dunes, and speculates that
aliens need not look like anything found on Earth. In Chapter 107, he relates the plot
of The Hound of the Baskervilles, praising its expert use of red herrings.
Christopher’s description of a red herring implies that he recognizes Mr. Shears as a
red herring in the plot of his own murder mystery. Mr. Shears, who up to now has
been Christopher’s prime suspect, would not likely have killed Wellington since he
has no reason to feel anger toward Mrs. Shears, though Mrs. Shears has plenty of
reason to be angry with him. Christopher notes that in The Hound of the Baskervilles
even the ghostly “hound” turns out to be a dog covered in glow-in-the-dark paint.
Eventually, Christopher appears to accept the affair and move on. In chapter 109, he
explains to Siobhan that Mother is dead and Mr. Shears is not around, so dwelling
on their affair makes no sense to him. Wellington’s murder, on the other hand,
remains a mystery he wants to solve.