an author's main aim in writing a story from the first person perspective is for the reader to identify with the protagonist. at least for this book.
besides recognizing many of the traits (which the reader associates with autism but, as another poster noted, are actually based on non-autistic persons' quirks) exhibited by christopher in myself, i also came to view truth (the result of applying logic to situations) in his almost mathematical-proof-proving method.
the use of dramatic irony in "curious incident" versus "animal farm" is noteworthy, i believe. in both novels, the reader knows more than the characters and is pained to see them not be able to explain their actions logically as christopher demanded or to forgot rules and their reasons so fast that they are easily misled by napoleon. i think this effect in both books makes them not only entertaining page-turners but also inducers of logical thought and action in the reader's life.
and what more can you want?
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wow...that was incredible, who could have seen parallels between curious dog and animal farm? that's so bright...
Yes, and he also remembers the term "dramatic irony" and what it means. We are becoming dang sophisticated literary critics.
to further use literary terms, would one say that the term "dang sophisticated" is, in fact, oxymoronic?
"dang sophisticated" is in fact the epitome of oxymoronicness. and wouldn't one say that my previous statement is a prime example of hyperbole?
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