Weaving, together, two great minds.
People who read books ever since their childhood, are held in very high esteem by me. I always will respect those people. This is a little because of the fact that I was never that person. I didn't read books in school. I was more into movies. I guess I was just waiting for someone to come along and cultivate that beloved habit in me. But eventually I realized that only I can help myself . No matter how much people keep appreciating and recommending books to me, I won't be among those respected book - worms unless I take up the responsibility to make myself one. So, I started reading. And while opening a new book, it almost felt as if I got an 'invisibility cloak' into someone else's life. (Oh, and lets not forget the smell of books. Another reason for me to start reading) I have to admit, I love that feeling. Every time I start a book, the characters are like the people I've just met.
So that brings us to the person I met recently. Christopher Boone, from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. He apparently has a mental defect i.e autism but I beg to differ.I do not consider it as a defect. I think he is someone who everyone on this planet should aspire to be. According to me, his mind resembles one of the greatest minds who ever thought, William Melvin Hicks.
Bill Hicks was a stand-up comedian, a musician, a BRILLIANT satirist, and a social critic. He, just like Christopher, put all the emphasis in the world on logical thinking. Billy always said that whenever we are indecisive we should simply ask ourselves four questions, "Ya? And? So? What?", then a perfectly right decision will follow.
Christopher on the other hand is a huge fan of Math only because of the fact that math problems always have solutions, and solutions give him peace of mind. With the help of the massive knowledge that he has of mathematics, he learnt, applied and later believed in logic. He is intricately observant about things, places, people, animals, in short everything he comes across. He is ice-cold towards people he has never met, which is perfectly fine, I think. And when he discovers that the murderer of his neighbor's dog is actually his father because of his turmoil with the neighbor, Christopher is infuriated. He believed in the idea that his father should be arrested or punished enough, as a dog's life for him was equal to any human being's. To which, I'm sure, hardly anyone agrees.
His father killed a dog- Ya? And? So? What?
Well, he killed an animal who had nothing but love to give and who had nothing to do with the reason behind the killing. So, killing yet another living thing who tried to spread love, who was helpless and couldn't defend himself from his beloved murderer. I think you get my point.
His father should be punished for brutally killing a helpless and an innocent dog with a garden fork- Ya? And? So? What?
Well, perfectly justified. So, therefore I agree with Christopher's reaction and his thinking. I'm sure Billy would've, too.