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Don't judge a book by its cover

Quote 1:  " she was shouting, "What in fucks name have you done to my dog?"

Explanation: This is an example of judging a book by its cover because she was automatically blaming Christopher, even though she didn't know who the killer was. she knew he has Aspergers and she. blamed Christopher because of his disability.

Quote 2: " I strongly advice that you get into the back of the police car because if you try and of that monkey business again, you little shit I'm going to seriously lose my rag is that understood?"

Explanation: This is an example of judging a book by its cover because the police officer did not know Christopher had Aspergers but he still managed to treat him like anyone else and have a go at him. He got angry at him even though he didn't know the back story to Christopher.

Quote 3: " And the man with the diamond patterns on his socks said , " Mad as a fucking hatter. Jesus"

Explanation: This is also a good example of judging a book by its cover as the stranger did not know Christopher but he still managed to judge him from what he saw, he didn't know or understand what Christopher was going through and who he is.

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If you tell lies, the truth always comes out

Quote 1  "I'm sorry, Christopher. I promise you, I never meant for it to turn out like this."  Ed apologised for lying to Chris about his mothers death

Quote 2 And he said, "I killed Wellington, Christopher." Ed has been forced to tell the truth about the dog.

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Don't judge a book by its cover

Quote 1: "What in fucks name have you done to my dog... Let go of the dog... Let go of the fucking dog for christs sake"

Explanation: Quote 1
Mrs Shears automatically jumps to the conclusion that Christopher has killed her dog because she sees him holding her dog in her backyard.

Quote 2: "... took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet"

Explanation: Quote 2
When Christopher isnt replying to the policemans questions he grabs Christopher by the arm not knowing that Christopher doesn't like to be touched.

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Don't judge a book by its cover

Quote 1- "what in fucks name have you done to my dog?"
Explanation:
Mrs Shears has already made up her mind that Christopher killed her dog, even though she had only seen it from what it looked like and not what actually happened.

Quote 2- "... the policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet."
Explanation:
The police officer didn't realise that Christopher had Aspergers and treated him like a criminal when he wasn't and

Quote 3- "I will get a first class honour degree and become a scientist."

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Fear is an incredible motivator for change:

Quote 1 - "So because it was a Super Good Day I decided to walk into the park with Mrs. Alexander even though it scared me."

Quote 2 - "I was cold and I was frightened Father might come out and find me. But I felt safer in the garden because I was hidden."

This quote represents the first time Christopher feels threatened by his father, and causes Christopher to bypass his fears of new places and social interactions to find his mother.

Quote 3 - "And then I knew it wasn't a joke and I was really frightened"

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Curiosity is one of the most powerful tools to have
Quote 1:
"I thought for a little and I said, ‘I am going to find out who killed Wellington.’ "

Quote 2:
"THE NEXT DAY was Saturday and there is not much to do [...] So I decided to do some more detection on my own."

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Quote 1
"Your mother was good friends with Mr Shears. Very, very good friends."
Quote 2:
"I will get a First Class Honour Degree and become a scientist. And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and I solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington?"
Quote 3:
"I did. It knock on the door of number 38 because the people there take drugs and Father says I should never talk to them, so I don't."
Explanation of quote:
Quote 1 explains that Christopher's mother isn't the innocent woman she was made out to be.

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Bri - Perseverance can help an individual conquer major success 

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Bri - Perseverance can help an individual conquer major success 

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Quote 1. "I went into his bedroom... and opened the shirt box"

Quote 2: "I'm going to live with my mother because Father killed Wellington and he lied and I'm frightened of being in the house with him"

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Quote 1 "I wondered whether I should open the envolope because it was something I had taken

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Don't judge a book by its cover

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She was shouting, "What in fuck's name have you done to my dog?"
Let go of the dog," she shouted. "Let go of the fucking dog for Christ's sake.

Quote 2 -
"I strongly advise you to get into the back of the police car, because if you try any of that

monkey business again, you little shit, I will seriously lose my rag. Is that understood?"

Quote 3 -

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Monique Blasiak - don't judge a book by its cover 

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Monique Blasiak - don't judge a book by its cover 

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1) 'And the man with the diamond patterns on his socks said, "Mad as a fucking hatter. Jesus,"  '

2) "What in fuck's name have you done to my dog?"

3)The policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet.

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Closed doors

1) "she started screaming again. I put my hands over my ears and closed my eyes and rolled forward till I was hunched up with my forehead pressed onto the grass. "

This quote indicates early on there is something wrong with Christopher that we do not know yet, doing this is a sign for autism and later on in the book we find out that it's exactly what disability he has.

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If you tell a white lie the truth will always come out:
Quote 1 - "I killed Wellington Christopher" - Father

Quote 2 - Mother had not had a heart attck. Mother had not died. Mother had been alive all the time. And father had lie about this.

Quote 3 - I have a cashpoint card, and I took it out of my pocket and showed him. This was a white lie.

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Austin Bevacqua - don't judge a book by its cover

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Austin Bevacqua - don't judge a book by its cover

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Quote 1 - "She was shouting, “What in f**k's name have you done to my dog?”"

Mrs. Sheers judges the situation based on just what she saw, instead of asking questions and discovering what is actually going on.

Quote 2 - "The policeman looked at me for a while without speaking. Then he said, “I am arresting you for assaulting a police officer""

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Don't judge a book by its cover
Quote 1 - "I strongly advise that you get in the back of the police car because if you try and of that monkey business again, you little shit I'm going to seriously lose my rag is that understood?"

Quote 2 - She was shouting "What in fucks name have you done to my dog"

Quote 3 - Only one person saw me and they said "you are fucking weird mate"

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Ethan W - You don't know what is happening behind closed doors

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Ethan W - You don't know what is happening behind closed doors

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Quote 1 - Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer to them.

Quote 2 - Mother is alive, Mother didn't have a heart attack, Mother is staying in London; with Mr Shears.

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Luke Dobson-if you tell a lie, the truth always finds a way of coming out

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Luke Dobson-if you tell a lie, the truth always finds a way of coming out

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Quote 1- "I did it for your good, Christopher. Honestly I did. I never meant to lie."
This quote shows ed being caught out on a lie about Christopher's mum being dead so he has to reason with Christopher to tell that the lie was all for him and it was the right thing to do.

Quote 2- "It was so complicated. So difficult. And I... I said she was in hospital. And I know it wasn't true. But once I'd said that... I couldn't... I couldn't change it. Do you understand... Christopher...? Christopher"
This quotes shows ed explaining himself after the truth coming out that he told a lie to Christopher and his mother wasn't dead

Quote 3- "I have been out." This is called a white lie. A white lie is not a lie at all. It is where you tell the truth but you do not tell all of the truth.
This quotes shows the audience how Christopher does not like to lie, so he uses white lies as the truth is still being told but not all of it

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Georgie - if you tell a lie the truth will alway come out

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Georgie - if you tell a lie the truth will alway come out

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Quote 1: "Mother had not had a heart attack. Mother had not died. Mother had been alive all the time. And Father

had lied about this"

Quote 2: "I killed Wellington, Christopher."

Quote 3: "When your mum left. . . Eileen. . . Mrs. Shears. . . she was very good to us. Very good to me. She

helped me through a very difficult time"

Explanation of quote 1: this is an example of when I lie end up being found out as ed lies to Christopher saying that his mother had died of a heart attack, when I'm reality she had an affair with mr shears. Ed didn't want Christopher seeing his mum for the selfish reason of hating her himself so he decided that it was a good idea to say that she was dead and eliminated her from the situation all together but In the end Christopher discovers his lie.

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Kriya Velayutham: Fear is an incredible motivator for change.

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Kriya Velayutham: Fear is an incredible motivator for change.

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Quote 1: "and there were lots of people...I didn't want them to touch me, so I walked at the edge of the road" - pg.171

Explanation: this quote reminds the audience of Christophers hatred for people touching him. The author Mark Haddon has deliberately repeated this piece of Christopher's character to convey to the audience of his perseverance to get to London and in the process, face his fear of people touching him.

Quote 2: "I have to close my eyes and put my hands over my ears and groan...so that I can remember what I am doing here and where I am meant to be going" - pg. 178

Explanation: this quote
Quote 3: " I was scared again, so I tried to pretend I was playing a game on my computer" - pg. 189

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Curiosity is on of the most powerful tools one can have.
Quote 1-It was nice in the police cell. [...] I wondered how I would escape if I was in a story. [...]
Quote 2 - "Then I heard Father shutting the door of the van.
And that was when I saw the envelope. It was an envelope addressed to me and it was lying under my book in the shirt box with some other envelopes. I picked it up. It had never been opened. It said:"
Quote 3 -"Then I noticed that there were lots of other envelopes and they were all addressed to me. And this was interesting and confusing."
Explanation:

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Quote 1-“I strongly advise you to get into the back of the police car, because if you try any of that monkey business again, you little shit, I will seriously lose my rag. Is that understood?”
Quote 2-She was shouting, “What in fuck’s name have you done to my dog?”
Quote 3-She said, “Christopher, I really don’t think I want to see you right now.”

Explanation of Quote 1: The police man doesn't even believe a thing that Christopher says about him not killing the dog. The policeman was trying to find a way to put Christopher behing bars. When he touched Christopher, he hit the policeman and was arrested. He did not care why he was hit and just cared about arresting Christopher. This is unfair and an example of judging a book by its cover,

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Christopher Soraine -  You Don't Know what is happening behind closed doors

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Christopher Soraine -  You Don't Know what is happening behind closed doors

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Quote 1- And when I was asleep I had one of my favorite dreams… And in the dream nearly everyone on the earth is dead…”

Quote 2 -
"Sometimes when I want to be on my own I get into the airing cupboard in the bathroom and slide in beside the boiler and pull the door behind me and sit there and think for hours and it makes me feel very calm."

Quote 3 -
"I think people believe in heaven because they don't like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don't like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish."

Explanation of Quote 2: Christopher is filled with many troubles that others and sometimes even he himself isn't aware of. This causes him to be unable to understand the emotional aspect of people he comes into contact with. For example christopher states "Sometimes when I want to be on my own I get into the airing cupboard in the bathroom and slide in beside the boiler and pull the door behind me and sit there and think for hours and it makes me feel very calm." This shows that christopher likes to take on his own problems without letting other people help him and he also at times takes things too literally by blocking people out of his life and hiding inside his bathroom cupboard

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Daniel Burton - Don't judge a book by its cover

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Daniel Burton - Don't judge a book by its cover

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Quote 1 - She was shouting, “What in fuck’s name have you done to my dog?”

Explanation of Quote 1
Mrs Shears instantly assumes that Christopher has killed the dog based on her past experiences with him. This is shown through her instant assumption that Christopher has killed the dog.

Quote 2 - "I did not knock at the door of number 38, which is the house next to our house, because the people there take drugs and Father says that I should never talk to them"

Quote 3 - "Did you kill the dog?” he asked.

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Alyssa Chiera - Fear is an incredible motivator for change. 

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Alyssa Chiera - Fear is an incredible motivator for change. 

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- Quote 1: "and the thought of going somewhere on my own was frightening... and father finding me and that made me feel even more frightened."

- Quote 2: "so I went to the shop that said information and I could feel my heart beating very hard and i could hear a noise like the sea in my ears. And when I got to the window I said, 'Is this London?'.

- Quote 3: "I have to go back to Swindon... I have to go back because I have to sit my maths A level... I'm going to get an A grade. And that's why I have to go back to Swindon. Except I dont want to see father. So I have to go to Swindon with you...But I have to go...Ok, But I have to go to Swindon."

Explanation of quote 1:
When Christopher uses the words "even more", it shows us that even though he is fearing the fact that he has to go to a strange place when he is alone and doesn't know anyone.He is so frightened of his dad that him facing or encountering his father is greater than his number one fear throughout the book, which was strange places or things that he didn't know.

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Mya Grieve - if you tell a lie, the truth always finds a way 

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Mya Grieve - if you tell a lie, the truth always finds a way 

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Quote 1 - "People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, "I don't like you," unless that person has been horrible to you."

Quote 2 - " she said, "Are you telling the truth, Christopher?"

And then I said, "I always tell the truth."

And she said, "I know you do, Christopher. But sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them."

Quote 3  "I killed Wellington Christopher"

Explanation quote 3: ed has been forces to tell the truth about the dog to Christopher

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Zoe- Curiousity is one of the most powerful tools one can have

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Zoe- Curiousity is one of the most powerful tools one can have

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"So I went into his bedroom and opened up the cupboard and lifted the toolbox off the shirt box and opened the shirt box" Pg 130
Explanation: Christopher is going into his fathers cupboard in his room, even though he is not meant to, to find our more about the letters he had found in there. He found the letters in his fathers room because he was curious about what his father had done to his book that he was writing, whether his father had thrown it out or was hiding it from him.
"I decided that I was going to find out who killed Wellington even though father had told me to stay out of other people's business." Pg 38
Explanation: this quote in the book clearly demonstrates

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Jordan Randall- don't judge a book by its cover

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Jordan Randall- don't judge a book by its cover

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Quote 1)
She was shouting, "What in fuck's name have you done to my dog?

In this quote we see Ms Shears scream at Christopher for killing her dog,

This is a perfect example of judging a book by its cover, by using the words "you" she aims the blame at Christopher when there is no proof he killed Wellington, Ms Shears also did not know Christopher had Aspergers and one of his issues is that he doesn't like loud noises or being yelled at, Ms Shears didn't know Christopher obtained Aspergers and she treated him just like anyone else which caused Christopher to feel frightened.

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The policeman looked at me for a while without speaking. Then he said, "I am arresting you for assaulting a police officer."

This made me feel a lot calmer because it is what policemen say on television and in films.

In this part of the novel as we read it we see the policeman act extremely harshly towards Christopher, further on i the text he reads "The policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet, this is when I hit him". In a normal situation if you hit a police officer it is fair to be arrested, however this was no normal situation, it's clear to see the policeman did not take that the suspect (Christopher) may have had some sort of condition, which Christopher did, so when the policeman grabbed Christopher it made him feel extremely uncomfortable which then caused him to lash out and hit the police officer,

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