mother, Judy is more honest with her feelings towards Christopher but the audience might initially find it hard to trust her after she walked out on the family. As well as these issues within his family, Christopher maintains a mistrust of strangers but trusts the advice of his teacher, Siobhan. She has worked with him for a long time and taught him strategies to cope with challenges. During the course of the play, Christopher also learns that he can trust himself to achieve his goals. How is the theme of honesty and trust shown in the play? In The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time, Stephens explores the theme of honesty and trust through: the lies of Christopher's father, Ed the honesty of Christopher's mother, Judy the trust issues Christopher has with other characters How does Stephens Evidence Analysis show this? This is a shocking lie for a father to tell "Ed: son. Ed Christopher, avoids I'm sorry telling the your truth so he mother's doesn't have died. She's to confront had a heart the reality of attack. It his marriage wasn't breaking expected. Ed tries to down. Ed Christopher: keep the realises the What kind truth about error of his Ed's lies of heart Judy leaving ways when attack? Ed: home from the truth I don't Christopher. comes out know what later and kind of realises that heart it is attack. Now important to isn't the be honest moment with people Christopher from the to be asking outset questions because it like that." can only be more hurtful if you are not.
mother, Judy is more honest with her feelings towards Christopher but the audience might initially find it hard to trust her after she walked out on the family. As well as these issues within his family, Christopher maintains a mistrust of strangers but trusts the advice of his teacher, Siobhan. She has worked with him for a long time and taught him strategies to cope with challenges. During the course of the play, Christopher also learns that he can trust himself to achieve his goals. How is the theme of honesty and trust shown in the play? In The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time, Stephens explores the theme of honesty and trust through: the lies of Christopher's father, Ed the honesty of Christopher's mother, Judy the trust issues Christopher has with other characters How does Stephens show this? Evidence Analysis Ed's lies Ed tries to keep the truth about Judy leaving home from Christopher. "Ed: Christopher, I'm sorry your mother's died. She's had a heart attack. It wasn't expected. Christopher: What kind of heart attack? Ed: I don't know what kind of heart attack. Now isn't the moment Christopher to be asking questions like that." This is a shocking lie for a father to tell son. Ed avoids telling the truth so he doesn't have to confront the reality of his marriage breaking down. Ed realises the error of his ways when the truth comes out later and realises that it is important to be honest with people from the outset because it can only be more hurtful if you are not.
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