5.3.3
Order & Disorder - Quotes
Theme of Order and Disorder - Quotations
Theme of Order and Disorder - Quotations
Christopher interprets the world through logic and facts. Here are a few key quotations:


Christopher's investigation
Christopher's investigation
- Christopher depends upon:
- precise details (“It was seven minutes after midnight…”)
- reasoning and deduction (“I only know one person who didn’t like Mrs Shears and that is Mr Shears… This means that Mr Shears is my Prime Suspect”).


Coping strategies
Coping strategies
- “Count the cubes of the cardinal numbers”.
- Christopher finds safety and security in a world which can be measured and predicted precisely, hence his interest in subjects such as physics and astronomy.


"Lies"
"Lies"
- Christopher considers metaphors to be “lies” because “imagining an apple in someone’s eye doesn’t have anything to do with liking someone a lot”.


Stories
Stories
- Siobhan tries to help Christopher develop by getting him to see the value of “stories” as a way of making sense of the world.
- Christopher is initially reluctant to allow his notebook to be turned into a performance, because acting is “pretending” and so “is like a kind of lie.”
- But Siobhan offers the example of Sherlock Holmes stories to argue that “people find things which are kind of true in things which are made up”.
1Introduction & Context
1.2Christopher's Autism
2Form, Structure & Language
2.1Dramatic Devices
2.2Genre & Structure
3Text Summary & Analysis
3.1Part One
3.1.1Discovering the Dead Dog & Christopher's Autism
3.1.2The Policeman & Siobhan
3.1.3The Police Station & Ed's Entry
3.1.4Mother's Death & Beginning the Investigation
3.1.5Ed's Frustrations & Revisiting Mrs Alexander
3.1.6Remembering Judy & "Fight" Scene
3.1.7Judy's Letters
3.1.8Ed's Confession
3.1.9End of Topic Test - Part One
3.1.10End of Topic Test - Part One 2
3.2Part Two
3.2.1Preparing to Run Away & Train Station
3.2.2On the Train & Arriving in London
3.2.3On the Tube & Arriving at Judy's House
3.2.4Policeman, Ed Visits & Tensions
3.2.5Back in Swindon & New Beginnings
3.2.6The End & Maths Appendix
3.2.7End of Topic Test - Part Two
3.2.8End of Topic Test - Part Two cont....
5Recap: Main Quotes
5.1Part One - Quotes
5.1.1The Dead Dog & Christopher's Autism - Quotations
5.1.2The Policeman & Siobhan - Quotations
5.1.3The Police Station & Ed's Entry - Quotations
5.1.4Mother's Death & Investigation - Quotations
5.1.5Ed's Frustrations & Mrs Alexander - Quotations
5.1.6Remembering Judy & "Fight" Scene - Quotations
5.1.7Judy's Letters & Ed's Confession - Quotations
5.2Part Two - Quotes
Jump to other topics
1Introduction & Context
1.2Christopher's Autism
2Form, Structure & Language
2.1Dramatic Devices
2.2Genre & Structure
3Text Summary & Analysis
3.1Part One
3.1.1Discovering the Dead Dog & Christopher's Autism
3.1.2The Policeman & Siobhan
3.1.3The Police Station & Ed's Entry
3.1.4Mother's Death & Beginning the Investigation
3.1.5Ed's Frustrations & Revisiting Mrs Alexander
3.1.6Remembering Judy & "Fight" Scene
3.1.7Judy's Letters
3.1.8Ed's Confession
3.1.9End of Topic Test - Part One
3.1.10End of Topic Test - Part One 2
3.2Part Two
3.2.1Preparing to Run Away & Train Station
3.2.2On the Train & Arriving in London
3.2.3On the Tube & Arriving at Judy's House
3.2.4Policeman, Ed Visits & Tensions
3.2.5Back in Swindon & New Beginnings
3.2.6The End & Maths Appendix
3.2.7End of Topic Test - Part Two
3.2.8End of Topic Test - Part Two cont....
5Recap: Main Quotes
5.1Part One - Quotes
5.1.1The Dead Dog & Christopher's Autism - Quotations
5.1.2The Policeman & Siobhan - Quotations
5.1.3The Police Station & Ed's Entry - Quotations
5.1.4Mother's Death & Investigation - Quotations
5.1.5Ed's Frustrations & Mrs Alexander - Quotations
5.1.6Remembering Judy & "Fight" Scene - Quotations
5.1.7Judy's Letters & Ed's Confession - Quotations
5.2Part Two - Quotes
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