In the novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," author Mark Haddon illustrates how the protagonist Christopher Boone adapts and develops from the beginning to the end of the novel. Christopher is writing his own story as he is trying to solve a mystery. The biggest mystery is him finding himself. Editor Ruth Gilbert said, “Detective fiction offers Christopher a way to understand and to frame his own story (Gilbert 243). Christopher is far from normal, but he is a lot smarter than he shows in everyday life. He is good at many things such as: math problems, puzzles, and other things that require mechanic like brain skills. The one thing he lacks is the common sense factor. This is what paralyzes him from recognizing given evidence. In order for Christopher to gain evidence he has to overcome his phobias. Nothing wouldn’t make Christopher happier than to solve his own mystery. He has been curious about Wellington the dog being murdered since it happened. As a reader you can perceive the idea that Christopher’s Father knows something about the incident. This is the first sign of Christopher ignoring the evidence. Every time Christopher speaks about the dog Father becomes angry. When Father found out that Christopher had been asking around about the dog he became even more filled with anger. “’Father said, I am going to make you promise Christopher. And you know what it means when I make you promise.’” (Haddon 50). Father knew that his son didn’t like to tell lies and this was the extent he took to make sure Christopher stayed away from trying to find more information. At this point a normal person would have been wondering why it was so bad to know who killed a dog, but Christopher is ignoring the evidence and he thinks that it is a bad thing to find out at this point. During the conversation about him ending the detective game Christopher misses more evidence. Christopher doesn’t realize that Father h