The Curious Incident - Analysis

Chapter 179 of 'The Curious Incident' has many interesting aspects such as the way that Christopher writes his story. Because of Christophers disability it is hard for him to do certain things for example I believe he struggles to write correctly as he continues many of his sentences with 'and'. This, along with a lack of description, are certainly things that a child would do in their own work so although Christopher is fifteen, with some tasks he seems to have the mental capacity of a child. However, this is not to say that Christopher is stupid, infact he is extremely intelligent which is why he may struggle with what he could consider trivial things such as english rather then his obviously prefered subject maths.
I find it very interesting how Christopher uses diagrams to try and inform the reader of what he is thinking, it is possible he uses diagrams simply because it is what he feels he should do as he sees them in his own mind at the time, but it could also be possible that he uses them as he doesn't think that we would be able to understand his complex mind otherwise.
It is strange that although Christopher has loved and trusted his father his whole life, as soon as the first dilemma shows up he automatically does not trust his father anymore and treats him like a completely different person, living in the moment. For example, although he has been with his dad his whole life and should know that he would never intentionally hurt him, he ignores that and believes almost instinctively that his own father would happily murder him. This just helps to show me the kind of character that Christopher has and the kind of characteristics that his disability gives him.