Good Mom, Bad Mom.

Authors Note: This essay is showing that different points of view can change the whole feeling about the story. I will we showing that the reader would feel differently if it was in the point of view of Christopher’s mother in the book, “The curious incident of the dog in the night time,” instead of him.

Do you know what perspective is? It is the narrator's position in relation to the story being told. Things in a different perspective can change the other story, such as: the mood, tone, and your overall opinion on the individuals in the story. For instance in the story, The curious of incident of the dog in the night time, by Mark Haddon, you would see the story completely differently if the story was in the perspective of Christopher mother instead of him. Seeing things in different perspective, changes the whole story.

For instance if the story was told in Christopher’s mother point of view, you wouldn’t see her as the jerk that cheated on her husband and ruined the family. Christopher was lied to by his father saying that his mother was dead, when truly she was alive and has been sending her son a letter each week since she had “left” the family. This makes Christopher’s mom look like a bad person, but if you look in her point of view you would see that: see wasn’t in love with Christopher’s dad, it is very hard to be a mother of an autistic kid with a low temper, and she got kicked out of her own house.

In addition to the previous statement, I would like to add that Christopher’s mom never wanted to leave her son, she got kicked out. The way I read the story Christopher’s mom: ran away, cheated on her husband, and didn’t care about her son anymore. These two points of view bring completely different feelings and opinions towards Christopher’s mother and the other characters throughout the story.

Overall different points of view are different ways of looking at situations. It determines your moods and feelings about the story and also your personal opinion on the characters. For instance if you were in Christopher’s moms point of view you would you would be sympathetic and sad for her because she cant see her son and got kicked out. If you were in Christopher’s point of view you would see the mom as a mother that didn’t care about her son and tried to make up for it by sending a letter each week, and as a horrible person and mother all together. In conclusion different points of view, change the whole story.