Questions And Answers On The Film 'Christopher'

7)  "I'm going away," he said. "And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you…because the entire universe conspired to help me find you…"I'll return, just as your father came back to your mother," he said." (page 122)

3.There was a few quotes from the Nick adam’s stories and also some from one of his last books. They were quoted as they filmed where he was going in the stories to give you a sense of the area as you seen in on the document. You got

wrist, thrusting his pelvis at me in a vulgar way, and I can see my hand in an endless slow motion

1:“Okay here it is. Like i siad Its messy and small; so try not to judge me too hard.”

A: I was very scared and confused, and I didn’t fully understand the situation due to my age.

3. “I don’t know how you know, how you just know in your gut that something really bad is about to happen, but I knew

other times he does not feel like talking at all. He is thoughtful about things such as the

For instance, in the death of Christopher's mother, Christopher's father grieves at the loss of his wife. Christopher, on the other hand, acknowledges that his father is upset but is unable to empathize with his father's emotion. Christopher is able to recognize some emotions by the faces that people make, but he does not fully understand many emotions. (pg3)

4. “He even let me tag along with him on his excursions about town.” pg. 24

around the room, and when we locked eyes, I realized I couldn’t take my eyes off of him.”

Out of the corner of my eye I looked at the side of his body angled away from me from the head down. On the bean bag chair the two of us made a triangle with our heads and the tip. When I blinked, my body felt the full sensation of his near presence, I could smell him, I was hearing and breath that touched my skin while circling through my body with every shift of his body or subtle

What the hell was that? I could still feel his touch on my skin as I blow dried my hair straight. I was odd. I felt a mix of exhilaration and repulsion. My skin crawled and tingled at the same time. I tried to shake the feeling off, then vigorously rubbed the spot where his touch

Christopher reasons, “I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn’t trust him, even though he said ‘Trust me,’ because he had told a lie about a big thing” (Haddon 122). Instead of feeling like his father betrayed him, he focuses on his father being a potential threat. The reader can then focus on Christopher’s plan or the action he will take, and not how he feels. Likewise, he describes himself doing physical things without mentioning how he feels. When Christopher finds out his mother is alive, his account is straightforward. Yet, not any less heartbreaking for the reader. He says, “I had been sick because there was sick all over the bed and on my hands and arms and face” (Haddon 113). The reader knows Christopher does not dramatize events. Thus, the event could have been more terrible than described. He does not describe feelings that led to the sick, he only describes the sick. So, he leaves the readers to assume the news affected him greatly. Christopher’s first-person account narration has little emotion. Hence, the reader’s own emotions and personal experiences affect their

The paper on my lips was replaced by skin, and his hands only pulled me closer. We toppled onto the bed and my legs and arms splayed atop him in places I did not tell them to go. He whispered I was beautiful and I only smiled in return before we rolled over and I saw it. I saw the smirk. I felt my shirt being tugged and unbuttoned and pulled from beneath me. His hand touched my thigh and I held my breath. I held my breath and dug into my purse with one hand, fingers wrapping around a blade before he bent his head back down to mine. And so my hand moved in response.

perpetrator so they don’t have to confront the person with what has happened or is really going on.