Analysis (until page 30)

Write about the style of writing the author uses.
So first of all I was never really into reading since primary school. I guess that’s also a reason that i didn’t get the humor of this author at first. The beginning is really dramatical already on the first page. It was also difficult to see through because he used to write in a chapter just something which didn’t have a context with the chapter before. For me this style is hard to read becuase it's confusing me.
Another thing i realized is that he's trying to make fun of himself and writes about the stuff he doesn’t like and why. For example that he doesn’t like jokes ‘cause he never gets them. He can’t show any feelings and i can kind of imagine that while reading. I don’t know why but the style he uses kind of shows it.

So all in one his style is very varied between funny and sad also mysterious, super intelligent and so on. It's still confusing me but I'll do my best to understand why he wrote like that.

(176 Words)

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  1. Julia H.November 26, 2017 at 10:08 AM

    Interesting. But please make sure to differentiate between Christopher, the narrator and protagonist, and Mark Haddon, the author. For example, I don't think Christopher wants to make fun of himself, however, Haddon certainly chooses to use humor in the style of writing.

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