Wednesday, August 18, 2010
2 Quotes from Curious Incident
Please list and write 2 quotations that you think characterize Christopher Boone: one should be direct; the other should be indirect. If you need help, then remember our Prezi/lecture- which I've posted under Fresh Links on my web page- from today. Click on "comment," list and write your quotes (remember to end with page number in book), and leave your initials at the end. **If you see a quotation that has been used and posted before yours, then you cannot use it**. Thank you!
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"My memory is like a film. That is why I am really good at remembering things, like the conversations I have written down in this book, and what people were wearing, and what they smelled like, because my memory has a smelltrack which is like a soundtrack."(76) DIRECT
ReplyDelete"You must never punch Sarah or hit her in any way, Christopher. Even if she hits you first. if she does hit you again, move away from her and stand still and count for 1 to 50 then come and tell me what she has done, or tell one of the other members of the staff what she has done"(29) INDIRECT
BG
"all the other children at my school are stupid. Except i'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are."indirect
ReplyDelete"Then he asked if i didn't like things changing. And i said i wouldn't mind things changing if i became an astronaut, for example , which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine , apart from becoming a girl or dying."direct
"my memory is like film,"direct
ReplyDeletepg. 76
"And i colored all the cars in with red paint,"indirect
pg. 27
"I did not kill the dog." -Direct Pg. 7
ReplyDelete-CD
"I said that I liked things to be in nice order." "And one way of things being in nice order was to be logical"- Direct pg. 24
ReplyDelete"So talking to other people in our street was brave." "But if you are going to do detective work you have to be brave, so I had no choice."
KM
Indirect- "'If you get into anymore trouble we will take out this record and see that you have been given a caution and we will take things much more seriously. Do you understand what I'm saying?'" page 18
ReplyDeleteDirect- "I said that I liked things to be in a nice order. And one way of things being in a nice order was to be logical." page 24
JS
Oops I've been typing this so I didn't know Kelly had the same quote until I posted mine.
ReplyDeleteDirect- "There were lots of people on the train, and I didn't like that, because I don't like lots of people I don't know and I hate it even more if I am stuck in a room with lots of people I don't know, and a train is like a room and you can't get out of it when it's moving." page 158
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ReplyDelete"Talking to strangers is not something I usually do. I do not like talking to strangers."
ReplyDeleteDirect pg.34
"And then I thought perhaps it wasn't a letter from mother. Perhaps it was a letter to another called Christopher,from that Christopher's ??mother."
Indirect pg.99
RR
"He held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other. We do this because sometimes Father wants to give me a hug, but I do not like hugging people so we do this instead, and it means that he loves me." pg. 16 Direct
ReplyDelete"... and it was like all the signs were shouting in my head and someone bumped into me s they walked past and I made a noise like a dog barking to scare them off." pg. 154 Indirect
"And that was how I found the train station, and I concentrated really hard on following the rules and making a map of the center of town in my head as i walked, and that way it was easier to ignore all the people and all the noise around me" (haddon 140). --- indirect
ReplyDelete"I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand" (haddon 34). ---- direct
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ReplyDeleteIndirect: "I said that when Father got up in the morning he always put his trousers before he put his socks on and it wasn't logical but he always did it that way, because he liked this in a nice order, too." (Haddon 24)
ReplyDeleteDirect: "And it was strange because he was callling, 'Christopher...? Christopher...?' and i could see my name written out as he was saying it." (Hadden 113)
BP
"Mr Jevons said that I liked Math Because it was safe"(Haddon 61). -direct
ReplyDelete"...'Is this your fork?' he asked.
I said 'no.'
'You seem very upset about this' he said.
he was asking too many questions and he was asking them too quickly."(Haddon 7). -indirect
JM
"all the other children at my school are stupid. Except i'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are." The curious incident of the dog in the night-time -indirect
ReplyDelete"Then he asked if i didn't like things changing. And i said i wouldn't mind things changing if i became an astronaut, for example , which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine , apart from becoming a girl or dying."The curious incident of the dog in the night-time -direct
GJW
indirect: "the policeman took hold of of my arm and lifted me onto my feet
ReplyDeleteI didn't like him touching me like this.
And this is when i hit him" 8
direct: These are some of my Behavioral Problems
A. Not talking to people for a long time^4
B. Not eating for a long time
C. Not like being touched..." 46
AH
"I also said that i cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest,and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people." pg.6 DIRECT
ReplyDelete"the policeman said,'I am going to ask you again....' I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning.I make this noise when there is too much information coming into my head from the outside world." pg.7 INDIRECT
FP
"I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before." (pg. 34) DIRECT
ReplyDelete"He smelled of body odor and old biscuits and off popcorn, which is what you smell if you haven't washed in a very long time" (pg. 38) INDIRECT