Ep.5 of 19 : Overview of major themes of Curious

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is a fabulous book. A story written from the viewpoint of an autistic child it addresses many issues, such as attitudes to mental illness and parent-child relationships. Our GCSE Literature series explores the key themes, characters, context, genre, form and structure of the book. We also look at all the chapters in detail before rounding off with tutorials on key quotations and how to answer the all important exam questions.Written by Laura Broadbent, an experienced writer and teacher, we are delighted that the part of Christopher is played by Chris Ashby who played the part in the West EndTutorial SummaryA Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is packed with hard hitting themes, including Mental disabilities, dysfunctional families, coping with life and communication.It examines Christopher’s asperger’s syndrome and how it affects his parents, Christopher’s mother leaving the family, how Christopher himself and his parents cope with his illness and how Christopher communicates with his father.Series TutorsMs Laura Broadbent B.A., CELTA Writer for iGCSE English Cambridge University Press - FreelanceThe first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! Love what you hear and want us with you for the journey? You can subscribe to access every episode in any series on Acast+ for the price of a couple of cups of coffee a month, and become a supporter! Hit the link to Access it All.https://plus.acast.com/s/audiopi-gcse-english-literature-language-tutorials Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.