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Christopher's Father

The colour that I associate with Christopher's Father is Sapphire Blue because this colour represents two qualities that his father has. This colour represents patience and calm and it also represents sadness. Christopher's father is very patient with him and this is evident through the quote " And your Father is really pacient". He tries to remain calm with Christopher, despite Christopher's actions. Although he doesn't show it, Christopher's Father often feels dejected and lonely after his wife left him and Mrs Shears' friendship with him ended.

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Christopher's dad:
If Christopher's dad was a colour he would be a reddish brown, as red is generally an angry colour, as his father is very short tempered, this suits him well. Brown is also a muddy colour, representing his unclear morals and inner-turmoil. Red and brown are also opposites in relation to Christopher, red being his favourite colour and brown being one he dislikes, I think this suits his father nicely as Christopher both distrust him and is scared of him, and believes in him a little.

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Christopher's Mother:
Confused, Regretful, Mistakes, Kind, Temperamental.
"Christopher, let me hold your hand. just for once," this sows her regret of not being able to be with her son as he grew up.

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Christopher's mother
I would describe Christopher's mother using the following words.

1. Caring
2. Irritable
3. Irresponsible
4. Impetuous
5. Remorseful

"I was so cross"

" And your Father is really pacient but I'm not"

"Which I know I shouldn't have done."

"Christopher, I never meant to hurt you."

These quotes and the words show that although Christopher's mother really loves him, she isn't patient and sometimes makes quick, wrong decisions.

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I would describe Christopher's father as a dark purple since purple is made up of red and blue, yet the darker the purple the more blue. I believe this represents his dad since blue is associated with loyalty and wisdom and red is associated with anger. His dad is a very trusting and loyal person, his mother left yet his dad took care of him and loved him, yet he sometimes gets angry with Christopher which is the red. So the purple is a balance of the two yet he is more loyal than he is angry.

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Christopher's Dad

Colour - Deep and powerful orange.

Orange combines the love, passion and determination of red with the happiness of yellow. I think Christopher's father is a determined man, also having a strong mentality. He really loves Christopher and appears to be a happy person, currently mostly enjoying his life.

On page 136, Christopher's mother says: "And I remember looking at the two of you and seeing you together and thinking how you were really differant with him. Much calmer. "

On page 143, Christopher's father says: "I did it for your good, Christopher. Honestly I never meant to lie. I just thought... I just thought it was better of you didn't know...that... that... I didn't mean to... I was going to show them to you when you were older [when you are old enough to understand]."

The two quotes above demonstrate Christopher's father's good heart. He did what he did for Christopher's benefit and to try to protect him from emotional pain, though the method may not be the best method.

He also says "It was an accident" on page 143. He did not mean to hurt Christopher on purpose. The first mentioned quote demonstrates that the father understood Christopher's needs and thus was able to provide for him better and keep him happy.

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Post 2: Christopher's dad

The colour I would give Christopher's dad is dark orange. Orange is a mix of red and yellow, and throughout the novel, Christopher's emotions toward his dad are mixed.

At one point, Christopher describes his dad as patient and easy going. Red, being Christopher's favourite colour also represents love and passion, which are traits of Christopher's dad. Christopher's view of his dad changes, however, when his dad confesses to killing Wellington. This can be viewed as the "yellow" side of things. Yellow is a colour that Christopher does not like and this can be linked with the fact that yellow symbolises deceit.

Dark orange also symbolises dishonesty or distrust. As mentioned before, Christopher's dad lies on several occasions which made Christopher want to leave Swindon to live with his mother instead. It is quoted, 'And I said, “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.”' (page 166). This shows how Christopher was afraid to live with his father because he was lied to and and the sense of trust was broken.

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Christopher's Dad

I have assigned a dark blue or indigo to Christopher's dad. Blue usually represents sadness or depression, which are two emotions I believe Christopher's dad may have had to deal with in many situations throughout the novel. At times, Christopher caused his father problems or stress that made his dad very angry or violent on some occasions. When Christopher left his home in Swindon, his father was very worried and may have felt heartbreak knowing that Christopher would prefer to live with his mother, as Christopher was possibly the only person his father had left to love and care for. Dark shades of colour are used to give the colour deeper meanings, generally adding a negative or moody feel, whereas a pale or baby blue would show happiness or hope. This is why I have chosen a dark blue/indigo for Christopher's dad.

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I would choose dark purple as it is a mixture of red and blue. Dark purple is basically the combination of the stability of blue and the energy of red, these two attributes was used in Christopher's dad's life. Christopher's dad says  'I did it for your good' (page 52), this quote shows the soft side of Christopher's dad. On the other hand Christopher's dad has lots of frustration. First signs of Christopher's dad's frustration was shown when he beat up Christopher.

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1. Selfish - "She only left a note"
2. Irresponsible - " your mother and Mr. Shears had an affair"
3. Forgiving - " I want you to know that this is not your fault"
4. Impatient - "your father is really patient bu I'm not"
5. Impulsive -  "and I hit him, which was wrong"

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I have chosen a greyish-blue as the colour to suit Christopher's dad as he tries really hard to overcome the problems he faces in life, but he never really succeeds. Therefore sometimes he becomes delusional and manages things in impulsive ways. When he got angry over Christopher talking to Miss Alexander, he said"'I need a f***ing drink.' And he got himself a can of beer." (direct quote, calm down)

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Christopher's Dad
I believe that a suitable colour for Christopher's dad would be red.
Red, like Christopher's dad, is complex. It has many meanings and representations. Red often means love and determination. This is fitting, since we see how much Christopher's dad loves him, despite his mistakes. Red also symbolises determination. Christopher's dad showed strong determination when he was trying to talk to Christopher. While his mother was at work, Christopher would "[push] the bed against the door" (pg. 263) in case his father tried to come in. Even though Christopher did not respond to his father for a very long time, his father did not give up trying to communicate with him. He was certainly determined to re-establish the strong relationship the two had shared. Therefore, Christopher's dad can be represented as he colour red.

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The color that describes his Dad is red because he cares about Christopher and he understands Christopher.  "Christopher, do you understand that I love you?" , this shows his care towards Christopher and wants for him to understand that what he tried to do was to protect him.

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Christopher's Dad-

The colour that I would associate with  Christopher's Dad is Black (#000000).
Black represents sadness and grief, which relates to Ed Boone through his losses throughout the book. He experienced sadness from the guilt of killing Wellington, losing his son's trust and losing his marriage. His sadness and loss is continuous throughout the text, thus being a distinct feature. "Things can’t go on like this. I don’t know about you, but this… this just hurts too much."

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The colour that I would ascribe to Christopher's father is a dark shade of red. This colour often represents both love and anger. This describes Christopher's father well as he can get really angry at Christopher but in the end he always loves him and wants the best for him. He shows anger, towards Roger and Christopher's mother for not letting him see Christopher. He also shows anger towards Christopher as well as even Christopher can see this as he says, "I could see that father was angry with me," page 63. Other times Christopher's father show compassion and after Christopher has done his A level math exams he says, "I am really proud of you Christopher...I am sure you did really well." page 261.

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Christopher's mum

Self-critical - "Then he would have one person to look after instead of two."
Uneducated - "We had a lot of argumants like that."
Caring - "Christopher, I never meant to hurt you."
Passionate - "Well, I used to have dreams where you were an astranaut and you were on the television and I thought that's my son."
Impulsive - "...and said I should pull myself together and I hit him, which was wrong, but I was upset."

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Christopher's Dad
Colour - Hot Pink

I have chosen hot pink to represent Christopher's dad for many reasons. The first reason is that pink in general is usually seen as a compassionate, loving and caring colour. This describes how Christopher's dad acts toward Christopher. He barged into the police station where Christopher was being kept at 1:18 am, shouting "I want to see my son". This shows how much he cares about Christopher.
Hot pink is bright and out there, and is one of the more passionate pinks. I chose this because it describes how he may have felt when he found Mrs Shears loved Wellington more than him, and what led to him killing Wellington. This same caring pink though was what also made him tell Christopher that "I killed Wellington. (pg 150)"

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I would describe the father as impatient, and bad at problem solving. For this I would give him a dark form of red. This could show the anger that comes from Christopher and the mother. Also the dark can show the depression that he feels when the mother leaves and when christopher runs away. Also he can not solve his problems very well, bringing more "darkness" to his life.
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The colour that I believe represents Christopher's father is faded red. In many instances in the book, Christopher's father exhibits strong emotions, like anger and frustration, both at Christopher's expectations and behaviours which can sometimes be difficult for him to meet and facilitate, and his wife's affair. He expresses this anger on multiple occasions, like when he enters Christopher's mother's flat and screams at her on Page 239, or when he grabs Christopher, on Page 103. This anger is represented by the colour red. However, a while after these outbursts or his errors, which are the results of his anger, he usually tries to 'fix' these situations. This can be seen when he takes Christopher to the zoo to make up for their fight, on Page 108, or even when he tries to 'fix' the damage he has caused by killing Wellington, by buying Christopher a pet dog. The red colour is faded because Christopher's father tries to erase, lessen, or 'fade' the impacts of his anger, but his anger is still a continuous pattern throughout the text, so the red is still present, regardless of its fading at different points.

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In my opinion, christopher's dad's colour would be a deep shade of crimson. He is a great man and a loving father, and truly cares/cared about his wife and son. However, like most people, he makes mistakes and can be blinded by his emotions. Crimson can symbolise love and care, but the darker shade represents his often bad decisions, the most notable of which was killing wellington.

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If I had to link Christopher's dad to a colour I would make it dark red. This is because I believe his father is a very strong person but still has flaws. This is why I chose a strong colour with a bit of darkness in it. Christopher's dad had to stay strong through his separation for both him and Christopher, despite this bravery he still lied to Christopher and killed Wellington.

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Christopher's Dad:
A colour I would ascribe to Christopher's dad would be a dark orange for two reasons reasons; The first being, that Christopher's dad is described as a strong and generally good person, but he is not perfect, he has flaws, which is why the orange I have chosen is not a completely pure colour, but has a bit of darkness in it. The second being that the result of mixing yellow and red is orange. Mixing red, which Christopher loves, and yellow, which Christopher hates sums up his feelings about his dad. Sometimes he loves his dad and sometimes he hates him, and then in the end of the book, Christopher's feelings toward his dad are a mix of love and hate.
"Father wants to give me a hug but I do not like hugging people so we do this instead, it means he loves me."
"But Father didn’t let go, and he was shouting. And I hit him again. "

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Christopher's dad
- Dark orange
It is a mixture between red and yellow, but its darker tone represents distrust and deceit. Red is usually a colour of love, which Christopher's dad definitely has a lot of, but is also a lot calmer. The mixture between red and yellow shows he can be incredibly kind and patient, but also fierce and aggressive. His wife describes him as "really patient" and Christopher calls him "a more level headed person", but he still "grabbed hold of [Christopher's] arm really hard".

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Christopher's Dad

Colour: A light brown colour.

Reason: Because it is between red and yellow, and a little bit of green. Red represents anger, which is the emotion that I feel is strongly portrayed against Christopher's mother for leaving him, and green represents the jealousy that is shown to Christopher's mum. This is shown through the story that he told Christopher about his mum dying in hospital, and hiding her letters from him, all because he was jealous and wanted to keep Christopher all to himself. Yellow represents cowardness and deceit, especially in the way that he does not give Christopher the answers to questions that Christopher has a right to know. All of this is shown through this colour.

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The color which I would give Christopher's dad is dark grayish yellow/gold. Yellow and gold are considered to symbolize kindness, honor and generally traits in the right. Christopher's father had these traits and showed them in his interactions with Christopher as a parent. The dark and gray tint represents how these qualities were faded by undesired events in his bleak life.

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Christopher's Mum:
1. Illiterate
2. Impetuous
3. Ignorant
4. Uncaring
5. Unsympathetic

This quote describes the illiteracy of the mother: ' I know you’ve always liked puzles.' PG 140.

This describes that the mother isn't educated or literate, but nevertheless, she persists to write letters to Christopher. However, this is only after her impetuous and unsympathetic act of leaving Christopher, that she shows the change of her character, yet it doesn't change the fact that she was ignorant of Christopher's feelings at the beginning.

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Christopher's mother:

1. Stressed
2. Loving
3. Ignorant
4. Stressed
5. Near sighted

" And then, after a while, she said, "Christopher, let me hold your hand. Just for once. Just for me. Will you? I won't hold it hard," and she held out her hand.

And I said, "I don't like people holding my hand."

And she took her hand back and she said, "No. OK. That's OK."

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Christopher's mum:
1. impatient
2. self-critical
3. emotionally fueled
4. impulsive
5. puts effort into relationships
quote: 'do you remember, you used to say you wanted to be an astronaut? ... has it changed? are you still doing maths?' pg 137-138.
this quote demonstrates that Christopher's mum puts effort into understanding Christopher and connecting with him, based on her understanding of who he is.
quote: '🤬. the 🤬' (Page 237). This quote is used by Christopher's mother, in reference to Christopher's father, and it was said in the presence of Christopher. It could be considered inappropriate for Christopher's mother to speak poorly of Christopher's father in his presence, as this could worry her son, or influence his opinions of his father. However, here, his mother does not consider this, and acts solely based on her emotional reaction to the event. Here, her lack of consideration demonstrates her impulsive and emotionally-fueled nature.

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I would describe the mother as

1. impatient
2. ignorant
3. lazy
4. stressed
5. forgiving

"And then mother said, 'oh my god'" - stressed about most things instead of working it out.

"she didn't say anything for a long while" - impatient of the way that christopher acts.

"I told her you'd do it next year" - ignorant of his abilities.

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Christopher's Mother:
1. caring
2. impatient
3. hot-headed
4. illitirate
5. emotional

1. Christopher's mother ends her letters with "Loves and Kisses" showing that she cares about Christopher
2. "your father is really pacient but I'm not," (pg.135)
3. "And I said I couldn't help it either and I just lost my rag" (pg.136)
4. "...and garden waste and household waist..." This an example of the many times Christopher's mother misspellings in her letters
5. "And I remember that night I just cried and cried and cried..."

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Christopher's mother
- impatient
- hot-headed
"She was a very hot-tempered person" (pg 103)

"I get cross... " (pg 135)

- stressed

"..thought I couldn't take it anymore..." (pg 134)

- stubborn
- emotional

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Christopher's mum-
Hot-tempered but trying hard
"Mother had hit me sometimes because she was a very hot-tempered person, which means that she got angry more quickly than other people and she shouted more often."
“Christopher, I am just about holding this together. But I am this close to losing it, all right? So just give me some–”

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Christopher's Mum:
- Human
- Stressed
- Loving
- Conflicted
- Temper
"I said I'd write to you every week, and I have.(pg 138)
"If he could keep his temper then she should bloody well keep hers(pg 136)"

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Christopher's Mother:

Limited patience
Stressed
Limited Determination

Page 250: "Christopher, I am just about holding this together. But I am close to losing it, all right? So just give me some..."

The above quote demonstrates how stressed Christopher's mother is. When including the events of the last 4 or 5 pages, one would be able to see that Christopher's mother's reaction is a little too much (in my opinion), demonstrating limited patience. Christopher's mother's limited determination comes from her limited patience. She writes in her letter (page 136): "And I remember looking at the two of you and seeing you together and thinking how you were really differant with him. Much calmer." If she was more patient, Christopher would no doubt be calmer around her too. Christopher's mother did do what she did for Christopher's benefit though. The above quote proves that Christopher's mother simply gave up and did not want to be there anymore, showing a lack of determination.

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1. Passionate
2. Human
3. Kind
4. Flawed
5. Foolish

I think that these five words encapsulates Christopher's mother perfectly. In her letters she says, " Christopher, I never meant to hurt you. I thought that what I was doing was the best for all of us. I hope it is. And I want you to know that this is not your fault. " (pg 137)
She has made mistakes because she is a very passionate and adventurous person, although the mistakes indicated her flaws and foolishness. In spite of all this, she is still kind. She is only human. That is why I chose these five words

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Christopher's mum:
1. temperamental
2. impatient
3. passionate
4. vulnerable
5. loving
"Mother had hit me sometimes because she was a very hot-tempered person."

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Christopher's dad:

To Christopher's dad, I would ascribe the colour burnt orange. This is because burnt orange represents selfishness which Christopher's dad somewhat showed by not telling Christopher about his mum's letters, since he didn't want Christopher to leave him. Orange also symbolises fire and anger which is demonstrated through him screaming and ordering Christopher to not do certain things: “How many times do I have to tell you, Christopher?” - pg 62.

However, orange also represents warmth and comfort, which shows that Christopher's dad loves him, although he acts untoward and in a frightening way at times. He has a facade, although he may seem angry and rough from the outside, he is a loving and caring man on the inside.

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If I had to ascribe a colour to Christopher's dad it would be a deep red. This is because his father has a deep love for him and red is symbolic of love and compassion. However Christopher's father is also very aggressive and angry with a quick temper and he frequently gets frustrated with others.

And you? What? You wrote him some f***ing letters.” (p240)

This shows the love that his father has for Christopher as well as the aggression and frustration that he possesses towards Christopher's mother because he has had to look after Christopher for a long time with no assistance from her and only her letters which she sent to Christopher. In this quote his protective nature is also able to be seen in this quote as he is defensive of Christopher.

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Christopher' Mum -
Impatient, stressed, argumentative,thoughtless,  impulsive.

I believe these 5 words describe Christopher's mum well.
When Christopher is at his mother' house and he tells her one night that he wants to do his Maths A Levels, his mum tells him "not now" (pg.249) as she is stressed. This short yet important quote reveals to us as readers that Christopher's mum is often stressed and is impatient because of this.
Another example of this is found in one of her letters, in which she retells the time when she had made some food for Christopher and he would not eat it. Christopher's mother says that she "threw the food across the room" (pg. 136) because she was impatient towards Christopher.

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Christopher's Mum

Distant
Irresponsible
Impatient
Frustrated
Caring

Christopher's mother was irresponsible in the way that she quickly left without saying goodbye to Christopher, and did not try to contact him in a different way when she was not receiving replies to her letters. She wrote "I was not a very good mother, Christopher" -pg. 133. This shows that she understood that her actions were not right, but she made no attempt to correct herself or fully apologise to Christopher Despite all of these negative traits I have associated with Christopher's mother, she was very caring when Christopher arrived at her home in London. Mr Shears did not seem very keen on Christopher's presence in their flat, but his mother states "he can stay as long as he needs to stay" -pg.245. This proves that she was willing to help him even after all the time living away from him.

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Christopher's Mum -
Impatient: "Your father is really pacient but I'm not." page 135
Temperamental: "I got cross" page 136
Loving: "Christopher, I never meant to hurt you." page 137

Caring: "It's going to be alright, Christopher" page 252
Learning: "and I hit him, which was wrong" page 134

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Christopher's mum
1. Frustrated
2. Impulsive
3. Independent
4. Stressed
5. Caring

'I was trying to do things properly. I was trying not to mess things up' (255)

Christopher's mother is frequently stressed because she doesn't express her emotions and this leads to her becoming frustrated. She is caring and tries to take care of Christopher although she easily becomes overwhelmed by . In this quote she is desperate and has tried 'not to mess things up' by rushing to do everything that she could for Christopher since he arrived. This has overwhelmed her because she was trying so hard to be perfect.

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Post 1: Christopher's mum

impatient
vulnerable
covert
stressed
sincere

Quotes:
'Mother had hit me sometimes because she was a very hot-tempered person.' (page 103)
From this quote, it is noted that Christopher's mum is a rather impatient and stressed person.

'And Mother said, “I’m sorry, Christopher. I was trying to do things properly. I was trying not
to mess things up.”' (page 255)
Although Christopher's mum is an impatient person, from this quote, we can see how she is still a sincere and caring person.

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Mum:

Is impatient and hot tempered.

Impatient:   "Your father is really patient but I'm not." This is because she was not patient when she was raising a child with autism.

Hot tempered:
"And your father is really patient but I’m not, I get cross, even though I don’t mean too. " This is because of Christopher's behavioral problems.

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Christopher's Mum
1.Emotional

2. Impatient 'father is really pacient but I'm not' (page 135)

3. Uneducated (lonley (Page 135), pacient (Page 135) and argumants (page 134)

4. Remorseless

5.Stressed

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Christopher's Mum
Vulnerable, illiterate, turbulent, stressed, passionate.

"We had a lot of argumants like that."

"Loads and loads of love,"

"I was not a very good mother,"

"I'm not like your father."

"...Because she was a very hot-tempered person."