Homework:
Parents/please assist your child with today’s homework.
Mark Haddon (author of Curious Incident of the dog in the Nighttime)
speaks about aspergers and his book.
Option 1
* curious incident is not a book about asperger’s. it’s a novel whose central character describes himself
as ‘a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties’… if anything it’s a novel
about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world
labels say
nothing about a person. they say only how the rest of us categorise that person. good literature is always about peeling
labels off. and treating real people with dignity is always about peeling the
labels off. a diagnosis may lead to
practical help. but genuinely understanding another human being involves
talking and listening to them and finding out what makes them an individual,
not what makes them part of a group.
Q:
Take a guess: Why do you think the author does not use
capitalized letters at the beginning of each sentence?
What does he say about the main character?
What is the novel about?
What are labels?
According to him, are labels a good thing? How do you know?
What does it take to understand someone else?
Option 2:
** curious incident is not a book about asperger’s. it’s a novel whose…character describes himself as ‘a
mathematician with some behavioural difficulties’… iit’s a novel about
difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world
labels say
nothing about a person. they say only how the rest of us categorise that person. … a diagnosis
may lead to practical help but… understanding another human being involves
talking and listening to them and finding out what makes them an individual,
not what makes them part of a group.
Q:
Take a guess: Why do you think the author does not use
capitalized letters at the beginning of each sentence?
What is the novel about?
What are labels?
According to him, are labels a good thing? How do you know?
What does it take to understand someone else?
Option 3:
*** curious incident is not a book about asperger’s. … it’s a novel about
difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world
labels say nothing
about a person. they say only how the rest of us categorise that person… understanding another human being involves
talking and listening to them and finding out what makes them an individual,
not what makes them part of a group.
Q:
Take a guess: Why do you think the author does not use
capitalized letters at the beginning of each sentence?
What is the novel about?
What are labels?
According to him, are labels a good thing? How do you know?
What does understanding another person involve?
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