The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime 2

Christopher in this book reminds me of Lennie from Of Mice and Men. Both characters are underestimated for intelect in Christopher's case and strength in Lennie's case. Both characters also show deep compassion for animals which others do not understand. Christopher gets extremely concerned when Wellington gets killed and insists on solving the mystery and Lennie collects pet mice to hold and care for. Lennie and Christopher also both have someone looking over them and people who they both trust. Siobhan is Christopher's teacher who he looks up to and runs to when he can no longer trust his father and George is Lennie's best friend who gets him jobs and makes sure he is taken care of all the time. Both characters are not understood by many people except for the two people that they trust most.