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Chap 67 P45

'talking to strangers is not something I usually do'->'So talking to other people is brave. But if you are going to do detective work you have to be brave, so I had no choice.'

Chap 73 P59

' I used to have lots of Problems' ->'I'm more grown up and I can take decisions for myself and do things on my own like going out of the house and buying things at the shop at the end of the road'

Also, When Christopher was asked whether or not him and Ms. Alexander should go on a walk, he took a chance and went on the walk.

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Chrisotpher's journey to London symbolizes growth and independence.

For Christopher, loves routines, probabilities, and safety, which he can have in his hometown. However, since he deems that staying with his father is not viable, he decides to take the journey to London alone. At the train station, he experiences crowds and an unfamiliar environment, which he does not like. However, he pushes through and he overcomes his fear. This experience allows Christopher to grow up and gain independence for the first time.

To sum up, the daring journey from his hometown to London symbolizes his personal growth and self-discovery. This experience allowed him to step out of his comfort zone and grow up as a person.

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We can see Christopher's communcation skills becoming stronger. The discovery of his mother's letters symbolize the rebirth and strengthening of his relation ship with his mother, and the breakdown between his father. He starts to understand the complicated emotions of betrayal and forgiveness. This discovery pushes Christopher into having to discuss sensitive matters with his father, making him grow. Christopher also decides if his day is good or bad through the color of cars, which symbolizes that he only takes in specific data, words, and images showing how he has a hard time communicating with different types of people. His liking for prime numbers show that he has a peculiar and specific way of viewing the world.

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1.'talking to strangers...'

He challenges himself by talking to strangers. This is a big step up for him.

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Ch.2 P.1

When Christopher found the dog dead in Mrs. Shears's yard, instead of screaming like the reaction Mrs. Shears had he closely examined the dog and the situation.

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2.'I used to have lot's of problems...'

We see how he developed. He can even feel his development, which means that he had developed a lot.

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3.Alexander walk

He was brave because he doesn't like talking to strangers but he did an even more amazing thing and went on a walk with her which means that he has developed.

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1. Setting

Christopher being in a situation where he encountered the death of Wellington shows how it paved the way for Christopher to start his adventure.

→This became the reason for him to interact with his neighboors and doing what he believes in himself, which contributes to his boost in confidence and improvement in his communication skills.

2. Narrative connection

Throughout the book, his unique perspective and his difficulties of communicating his emotions are emphasised. However, as the story goes forward, he starts to interpret different emotions through his adventure.

3. The discovery of mother's letter and the conflict between his father. Chrsitopher starts to understand the complicated emotions of betrayal and forgiveness, which ultimately lead to his growth. Also gave him the power of resilience.

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Ch.11 P.8-9

"The policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet. I didn't like him touching me like. And this is when I hit him."

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Christopher's narrative is told in first person, using the pronoun "I". The narrative structure reflects Christopher's need for order with numbered chapters with prime numbers. The narrative that includes mathematics and facts, this showcases Christopher's difficulty processing other people's emotions and highlights how he is isolated for others.

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1. Siobhan

Siobhan often encourages Cristopher to challenge many things, such as writing a murder mystery book and continuing the detective work, which will help him to grow up in the future.

Example: Chapter 89

After Christopher was forced to promise not to detective work, he talks to Siobhan about this and told her that the book was over. In this scene, Siobhan listened to Christopher's story and encouraged him that the book was really good. Christopher realized that he could do detective work without breaking the promise with his father. He realized this while talking with Siobhan, same as he chose to start writing a murder mystery book while interacting with her. Therefore, Siobhan gives him ideas to challenge new stuffs and gives him the chance to grow up.

2. Ed Boone

Ed Boone, Christopher's father is giving him restrictions that stops him to do his detective work and creates external conflict to Christopher. Also, Ed Boone has the opposite characterization from Christopher and seems like a static character, which emphasizes Christopher's growth.

Example: Chapter 79

In chapter79, Father ordered Christopher to quit his current work and restricted his actions. However, Christopher didn't stop searching about the incident, which made him grow by creating courage to choose his own actions and being independent from his father.(maybe)

3. Mrs. Alexander

Mrs. Alexander is the person who let Christopher interact with stranger slowly overcoming the uncomfortable feelings around strangers.

Example: Chapter 97

In chapter 97, Christopher and Mrs. Alexander met at the supermarket. They later chose to go to the park even though Christopher felt uncomfortable around people who he doesn't know. He overcame his internal conflict and took action, which made him grow up. (a little because he went home later on)

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The narrator's (Christopher) tone is icy and straightforward. He grows up communicating with others by explaining the story. He starts to communicate with others and grows up knowing the truth about Wellington by communicating with his father.

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Four red cars in a row make Christopher's day super good, and three red cars make Chrstipher's day quite good. On the other hand, four red cars in a row make it a black day. This shows Christopher's logic, which is straightforward but not always accurate. This passage demonstrates Chistopher's unique mind, and that he is not always logical, and sometimes based on emotions.

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Christopher has a strong commitment to logic, and he acts based on his beliefs. Christopher's interaction with his father shows how logic conflicts with emotion. Christopher wants to do the detection because in his logic he thinks he has to find out who killed Wellington. But father wants him to stop. Christopher didn't want to make his dad angry, so in chapter 41 he stops talking about his detection or says sorry even though he doesn't really understand. Also, he promises father that he will stop doing the detection (chapter 79), but he keeps on doing the detection. Father’s anger doesn’t directly affect him and makes him stop doing the detection, but emotionally he feels sorry for making his father frustrated even though he doesn't understand why, and acting against what he was told by his father.

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Ch.53 P.36

"I said that it was probably an aneurysm."

He continues to explain two types of heart attacks and why he thinks mothers death could have been either one, instead of acting out and showing emotion. Similar to Wellington, Christopher examines the situation.

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Ch.67 P.53

"And I thought she might be ringing the police and then I'd get into much more serious trouble because of the caution." Mrs. alexander didn't have any intention of calling the police and was trying to be frienddly, but still Christopher thought out the situation in a logial way.

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50:

“Move away from her and count from 1 to 50”
“So I took deep breaths like Siobhan said I should do when I want to hit someone in school and counted 50 breaths and did cubes of the cardinal numbers as I counted..”

The number 50 is a symbol that could relate to Siobhan and how he trusts Siobhan enough to take advice from her

Stars:

Christopher often looks up at the stars, especially in emotionally difficult situations. The stars make him feel small because the universe is so large, and they allow him to imagine that he’s out in space and there aren’t people he doesn't trust all around him to comfort himself.

Sherlock Holmes

Christopher often refers to Sherlock Holmes during the novel. Christopher admires and trusts Sherlock Holmes because he uses logic to solve mysteries and never thinks of something to be supernatural like himself. Christopher tries to copy Sherlock Holmes’s way of investigating a murder so that Christopher can solve the mystery of Wellington’s death.

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Siobhan

↳Christopher trusts her because she doesn't tell lies.

↳’’Siobhan said that the book should begin with something to grab people’s attention.’’ P5

to help him write his mystery murder novel.

↳"But you can still be very proud because what you've written so far is just, well it's great."

She is very encouraging and tells him what he should do and what he shouldn't do.

Policeman

↳Christopher trusts policemen because they are supposed to do the job.

↳’’They have uniforms and numbers and you know what they are meant to be doing.’’p7

Chapter 41

↳When Mother goes to the hospital Christopher tries to bring her food.

↳Christopher trusts his father that he is going to bring mother the foods.

↳'’We will need to take food to her,’’p29

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The book conveys his interesting perspective and his struggle to communicate his emotions.

Also shows how he prefers logic over emotion. Throughout the story, he has a situation where he has to choose between emotion and logic which allows him to overcome his struggle.

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The use of prime numbers throughout the story symbolizes Christopher's strong need for logic and order in his life. Prime numbers are consistent and follow a specific pattern, which deeply resonates to the way Christopher understands the world. With his unique way of thinking he faces many conflicts and his problem solving abilities develop and grow.

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Ch. 97 P.70

"I can't do chatting"

Ch.97 P.69-77

"What happened to you the other day..."

Ch.67 P.45

"Talking to strangers is not something I usually do. I do not like talking to strangers"

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P.153 “Then he snored and I jumped and I could hear the blood in my ears and heart going really fast and a pain like someone had blown up a really big balloon inside my chest.”

Using a simile, the reader can see how Christopher is scared and is being cautious, which shows that Christopher doesn’t trust his father any more and thinks of him as a murderer.

P.153 Imagery is used when Christopher is trying to sneak out of his house. This makes this text more realistic and helps the readers imagine how slowly and cautiously Christopher was, showing how he doesn't trust his father any more.

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Father and Christopher’s interaction when mother goes into the hospital… This shows Christopher’s perspective where he does not even understand his own emotions and does not know how to act when other people are sad.

Siobhan has a strong effect on Christopher’s perspective by helping him to see a bigger world, and this shows his non-emotional perspective.

One final thing that shows his non-emotional perspective is when father picks Christopher up and gets mad about Christopher trying to investigate more. This shows how Christopher is trying to understand others but is not able to understand them and their thoughts.

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P.152 Then he held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. But I screamed and pushed him backwards so that he fell off the bed and on the floor.

Before, Christopher would have touched his father’s hand. However, after he finds out his father’s secret, he has lost trust in him and refuses to go near father.

P.7 He liked the police at first, but then they started to touch him and ask him questions and loses trust.

P.152-153 I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn’t trust him..

Christopher clearly states that he can no longer trust his father, showing fear for father because he killed Wellington.

He trusts logic over his emotions throughout the novel especially when he is overwhelmed. For example in chapter 19, he talks about prime numbers to calm down.

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Symbol

Language Chp - 29

↳Metaphors in the novel can be used as a plot device

↳The concept of metaphors can also be used as a motif in the book, he uses metaphors to represent how they are hard to understand just like humans when talking to them

↳The point above also connects to language and how Christopher has a hard time communicating and relating to language

↳language and communication rely on metaphors so much he can't logically understand metaphors.

Colour is also a symbol commonly used in the novel - Chap. 47

↳He often associates colour with good or bad

Maths and maps

↳Maths and maps help him bring comfort

↳In the chapter where he goes around the neighbourhood to investigating, he draws a map first in order to help him be calmer during the time he goes to talk to strangers which makes him uncomfortable.

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Example:

Where he gets touched by the police officer and hits him.

Where he is in the police car and smells inside.

Narrative connection

All of the things that he cares about are different from other people.

He usually misunderstands things.

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In chapter 127, Christopher discovers letters from his mother, he realizes that his father has been lying about her death. This results in break of his trsuts in his father. This is especially devasting and upsetting for Christopher since he has been relying on him for all his life and he meant the world to him. However, instead f reacting emotionally, he tries to stay calm but thinking in logical way. He tries to process this information in his own way. However, this discovery focuses him to conquer challenge that he has never confronted before.

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After Christopher realized that his Father lied to him, he lost his trust for father and decides to escape from him. He tried to escape because he was scared of Father, which is the emotion of fear and Christopher is not familiar with these emotion.

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Theme Tracker (Shion, Tomoki, Haru, Haruto, Luca)

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Theme Tracker (Shion, Tomoki, Haru, Haruto, Luca)

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In this chapter, he talks to the policeman about how he wants to go to London, he grows up when he organizes his mind

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In this chapter, Christopher thinks about what he will do since he does not want to  go back to his father’s house. This shows how his trust towards father is completely gone, and he has already made the decision to not go back. This shows how trust is something that can easily be gone, and losing trust can cause a lasting effect.

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Father and Christopher symbolizes the theme of logic vs emotion as father represents the emotional aspect in this story and Christopher plays the role of logic. Since Christopher feels comfortable with maths and science, it contrasts with the ambiguity and inconsistency of human emotion. In chapter 179, Christopher tries to navigate the hardships throughout the use of mathematics and logical thinking, utilizing his own formula to lead to the answer. This shows how Christopher finds comfort in mathematics and logical thinking. Ed Boone is symbolizing the emotional aspect as he follows his emotion to make a decision, rather than using logic like Christopher. In particular, Ed was lying to Christopher about his mother in order to protect him. This demonstrates he decides based on his emotional aspect.

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And then I imaged out of all of the possibilities which were impossible, which is like in a maths exam, when you look at all the questions and decide which ones you are going to do and which ones are not going to do because then your decision is final and you can't you mind

When Christopher is getting over whelmed by his emotions he finds a way to add in mathematics as a way to calm him down. This is because math puts him back in his order.

Mari

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"Maps"

Maps always help Christopher feel more comfortable especially when he is outside of his neighborhood. It gives him a sense of control of his surroundings when he is somewhere new.

Mari

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When christopher realizes all of the lies that father has made, he loses complete trust towards his father. He felt sick because he strongly trusted his father, and he found out that the person that he trusted the most was lying to him the whole time. This shows how losing trust can be done very easily, and with just a single lie. After Christopher loses trust towards father, he starts to see father as a dangerous person since father is the one who killed Christopher. This shows that once a relationship that was made with trust towards eachother is gone, that relationship can easily change.

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Theme- being too orderly can cause chaos.

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Theme- being too orderly can cause chaos.

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Example- chapter 11 page 8.9

Him being so particular about his watch caused him to prioritize his logicness over emotion. The police officer told him multiple times in a very stern way to hand over his belongings therefore when logic goes against emotion it can cause conflict.

Logic vs emotion

logic=orderly

emotion=chaos

Character analyst- his father represents emotional aspects of a person while Christopher is very logical. Their relationship significantly demonstrates the theme of logic vs emotion, where logic is ordered like Christopher and emotion is describing chaos like his father.

Symbolism: Language, motifs (metaphors) he does not understand them therefore they do not serve a purpose. He values the order and patterns. The yellow and red cars represent the motifs of orders since it has a certain pattern.

Narrative Connector - Metaphors are used as literary devices, as well as part of the theme. Christopher thinks that metaphors are lies, and does not like them, since lies are not orderly, which goes against his logical ways of thinking.

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chapter１５７

↳In this chapter, he reads the letter from mother and find out that his father was lying about mother and that he killed wellington.

↳’’Then i stopped reading the letter because I felt sick.

Mother had not had a heart attack. Mother had not died.’’

↓ Its shows that he is Shocked to know the truth about his mother, he was

betrayed by his father.

chapter １４９

↳ In this chapter he finds the envelope written to him in his fathers room and this is the chapter Christopher’s trust starts to break.

↳’’Which meant that the letter was posted on 16th October 1997, which was 18 months after Mother had died.’’

↳It shows that he is still believing in what father had said which he had believing for years and that this was the first letter for him to be curious about the letter from mother.

chapter １６７

↳In this chapter Christopher will be explained what happened when his mother left Christopher and Mr. Boone and that she was not having a heart attack.

↳’’Then he held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan.

But i screamed and pushed him backwards so that he fell off the bed and onto the

floor’’

↓In this chapter it describes how much Christopher was upset of being betrayed by father because he was with him since mother left the house and he was the only

people to trust after mother in gone.

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Ed causes Christopher to leave his home and to find his mother because Christopher couldn't trust him. This causes Christopher to act on his own emotions and decides to leave his comfort zones.

When Christopher finds out that his mother is alive, Christopher runs away from Ed to find her. This journey becomes an important point in his growth as it forces him to confront his emotions and deal with human relationships and come out of his comfort zones .

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P.180 “And it was like stepping off the cliff onto a tightrope.

→ We can see that Christopher gets confused, scared, and feels unsafe when there are too many things to look at and hear. This shows us Christopher’s perspective of the world, and how he tries to handle chaos, even though he’s frightened and uncomfortable.

Azusa

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Christopher’s mother sends letters to Christopher.

Ed does not talk to Christopher about his mother, which leads to him losing Christopher's trust and deciding to go to London, where his mother is.

Yuzuki Naito

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The train station and Christopher’s journey represent his transition from childhood to independence and Christopher overcomes his fear of unfamiliar environments. His journey is symbolizing the step into adulthood and making his own decisions.

The letters from mother symbolize the

truth and betrayal. Learning that his father lied about his mother’s death brakes Christopher’s trust but also forces him to see the different sides of father.

Luca, Tomoki, Haru, Haruto, Shion

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His narrative style

Chap 179 (Page 165)

He repeats the same word “And” and “But” in the beginning of the sentence. This shows his anxiety and stress of dealing with emotions after he has lost trust towards his father. Christopher being so desperate tells us that his trust towards his father was really important.

↓Chap 179 (Page 161)

When he imagines the possibilities of what to do next, he crosses out all of the possibilities except "going to llive with mother". Since he was really shocked about father, he chooses to live with his mother even though he doesn’t have much trust towards his mother. This shows that the trust he had towards father was really important for him, and if he loses it, he has to find someone or a place he can trust.

-Airi (Kokoru Yurino Yuri Karen)

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Since he is Autistic, it changes his perspectives and changes the way he narrates his story. Like metaphors, communicate them very specifically to the readers. This Artificial- dichotomy: he doesn't understand what's happening, but the readers see what's actually happening which embellishes his unique perspective.

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Chapter 167-193

During the trip to England Christopher had some difficulty. For example, when CHristopher goes to the station, Christopher did not understand most things. But, he had some difficulty asking for help and explaining himself.

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The Orion

Shows how Christopher’s perspective is different than normal people

The stars represent how depending on who sees something it may not look the same. This makes it easy for the readers to understand how his perspective is different than others.

Timetable

Shows his logicness.

Reinforces his unique point of view.

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"Timetables are a map of time"

Christopher likes timetables because they ensure you don't get lost in time. And he feels uncomfortable when he doesn't know what is going to happen throughout the day because he doesn't like the feeling of being lost.

Mari

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This is a significant chapter when logic and emotions crashes each other inside Christopher. Until now, Logic conflicts with emotion between Christopher and his environment, such as father. However, in this chapter Christopher got control by fear and made a non-logical decision. The decision was to go to London to live with mother, nonetheless, he didn't know how to get to London and knew that he was going to struggle getting there. Therefore, the reader can realize that Christopher's logical thinking was thwarted by his emotion of fear.

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Chap 167

When Ed said that “ I killed Wellington, Christopher,” Christopher couldn't trust Ed anymore. Ed was one of the people who he trusted and believed so can’t calm down so he screamed and pushed him. Also he feels some fear that killing Wellington means that he could kill him also.

Chap 181

He trusts policemen and answers all of the questions when policemen talk to him and ask some questions. After they finished talking and he walked into the ticket office he saw policemen and felt safe that policemen were watching him. He has some problems with his father but he could believe policemen because he loves policemen.

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Chapter 191

In this chapter, to stop thinking about the loud crowd, Christopher solves a math problem, Conway's soldiers. It shows how when Christopher is overwhelemed with things that are chaotic, he results to make them logical or orderly in his own way.

-Iroha

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Time table - They allow him to cope even in new situations, he has trust in them and follows them to keep order

The letters - The letters are connected to the theme of trust, however, more about betrayal from his father

Penknife/ swiss army knife - He often grips his penknife when he talks to strangers because he doesnt trust them. So, the penknife represents his trust in strangers.

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Conaway Soldiers

When Christopher was in an over whelming state, he did a math game called conaway soldiers in his head to sort out his mind.

Mari

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Narrative connector:

The book is led by the first person of “I.” Throughout the book, he relies on logic, pattern, and routines. He communicates his actions and emotions through these patterns. In chapter 181, he has a specific routine on everything he does during the day. This is one way of communicating his thoughts and actions.

The setting:

When Christopher wanted to go to London, he encountered some difficulties. Riding the train alone, moving away from father has been a complete new change for Christopher. This shows that he is starting to grow up and become mature, but also at the same time he improved his communication skills. For example when the policeman came to Chrisopher, he politely replied to the policemen’s question. If we compare the beginning of the book when he hit the policemen, we can see a big change and see how he grew up. He is now able to communicate well with strangers.

Also, he even asked the lady for a map. This also shows that he is getting better at communicating.

(Himari)

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The journey that Christopher takes to London is both literal and symbolic. It represents his personal growth and his ability to navigate the complexities of the world beyond his usual routines. The journey symbolizes a breaking out of his comfort zone and a quest for understanding, independence, and truth.

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The novel is written in the first-person perspective, allowing readers to experience Christopher’s highly logical and analytical thought process. His narration is precise, factual, and often devoid of emotional interpretation, which reflects his struggle to understand emotions

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The imagery of stars, planets, and mathematical equations highlights Christopher’s intelligence and unique perspectives. For example, when Christopher talks about the constellation of Orion, he explains that it is just a guess of the shape and that the constellation can be made into any shape, like a dinosaur. These images show how Christopher has unique perspectives and views things in ways others cannot see.

Kai

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Christopher's train journey symbolizes his struggle with communicating with others. During his journey to London, his communication skills develop as he encounters various social interactions.

Kohei

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On p.210, a man came to Christopher, asking him if he was okay and the logical thing to do here was to respond calmly. Still, because Christopher was stressed and frightened, his emotions overcame his logical thinking, and he pointed his knife towards the man.

Azusa, Aoi

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He did not trust people after he knew that his father was lying about Wellington and his mother. However, as he tries to navigate the unfamiliar situations, he gradually starts to trust the strangers. This symbolizes the theme of trust, which is that it is important to trust someone when you are in a difficult situation.

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Christopher was under so much stress that he started to become homesick and gave an emotional response. However, he realized that he was being illogical as he thought his father was a killer, so instead he erased his thought of wanting to go back home.

Azusa, Aoi

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In earlier chapters, Christopher reacts violetly when strangers get close however, he is able to compose himself in the train station and think about what he should do instead of reacting immediately. Christopher's ability to talk to strangers or people he may not know too well has grown. He has grown to be able to communicate or ask for assistance from strangers even though he would've never done so in earlier chapters.

-Iroha

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Communication plays a big role in his journey to London.

At the start of the book, he has some communication issues making it difficult for him to ask random people questions. However, during his journey to London, he was able to ask the lady from the information center about Willesden. His growth concerning his communication skills play a crucial part in this book and is also an important factor in reaching his destination.

Atalie

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We can see his growth when he asks a stranger for directions. Although this may seem like an easy and simple task, for Christopher, it was hard for him to communicate with others before. However, he mustered up his courage and asked for directions. However, we still see Christopher's struggle with communication when he is trying to buy tickets. He cannot communicate with others and does not know how to get tickets, so he observes others and buys them. This shows that he still has some hardship with communication. This part of the novel shows some growth for Christopher on communication, but we can still see that he is not the best at it.

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Throughout his journey he has significantly developed his communication skills. One of the skill was the ability to communicate to himself. During the journey, Christopher faces many conflicts caused by his own autism. However, he manages to communicate to himself and figure out how to get to his mother's house. For example, in chapter 211, Christopher panics because his surrounding was too loud and busy after arriving to London. Though, he manages to calm down a bit and think what to do next, which he asked help from the strangers. Moreover, even though he was panicking inside his mind, Christophers learns how to settle by himself and not showing the panic to the outside, such as when he was using the escalators. Finally, when he got tired and sitting on the bench, shows how he could listen to his body or emotion and deal with these. Christopher is getting better at communicating with his emotions, which could lead him to get better at communicating to stranger as well.

-Reika

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What he does during his trip to London is in order. Starting from home, heading to the train station, buying tickets, and boarding the train is an order he must go through to meet his mom in London. Christopher proceeds to grow up and becomes independent by overcoming one obstacle after another.

-Airi

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This chapter explains how Christopher likes timetables because it is in order and Christopher hates the thing that happens suddenly and shows his characterization about how he is particular to order.

Shion

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Throughout the story he learns how to cope with his own emotions and he further understands his limits. He has come to a realization that his dream of being an astronaut is not likely due to his condition. However, he does not let that push hijm down as he still focuses on his new dreams.

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Christopher's communication skills become stronger as we go further. He can calmly talk with the police officer when he asks him questions, and Christopher can respond and ask certain things in a polite manner.

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Analyze (Momoka, Yurino, Luke, Himari, Kai)

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Analyze (Momoka, Yurino, Luke, Himari, Kai)

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[The way he starts to see the world changes]

Ex. The way he feels about the police. Initially, he thought that policemen were cool because they caught bad guys. Christopher thinks that father is a criminal, so he thinks that the police are taking him back to the criminal(father). His thought process became more malleable.

[He starts to gain confidence in himself. ]

Ex. “And I thought “I can do this”  because I was doing really well and I was in London…” This shows how Christopher’s perspective of himself changes as he gets closer. He begins to gain more confidence compared to when he first left home.

The most significant change in Christopher’s perspective is how he grows to understand the human emotion better throughout the book. At first, he struggles to distinguish emotions and heavily relies on logic and he doesn’t understand why people do things the way they do but as he interacts with others, he learns how emotions can be a big drive or a motivator. He also learns to recognize and understand his own emotions which is a big step for him.

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On the way to London, Christopher struggles with finding the station. He looks at the underground map which represents Christpher's journey into something he is unfamiliar with. Christopher follows his routine and orders since that is something he does every single day so things are not chaotic and surprising to him. THe map symbolizes his logical way of thinking/