The Police Station & Ed's Entry - Quotations
English Lit: Edexcel IGCSE The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, topic 5.1.3
The Police Station and Ed's Entry - Quotations
Key quotations from Part One:
Humorous exchanges with police
- Christopher’s refusal to take off his watch, communicated by the blunt, single-word response, “No”, creates humour.
- Christopher references to his grandmother who has “senile dementia” and thinks Christopher is “someone on television”.
- This is another example of Stephens using a serious medical condition in an irreverent way, for comic effect.
"Key to the front door"
- That Christopher has this shows that Christopher has to let himself into his own house when no parents are at home: later in this scene, we will learn that Christopher’s mother is dead.
Ed & Christopher's relationship
- “Holds his hand out... touch fingers”.
- Engages with Christopher’s interest in astronomy: “Could you... Is that right?”)
- Offers Christopher reassurance (“It’s OK… I know”).
Ed's irritation
- “Keep your nose out of other people’s business”.
- “It’s a bloody dog… I said leave it for God’s sake.”
Test yourself on The Police Station & Ed's Entry - Quotations
What ritual do Christopher and Ed do?
What does Christopher have on him at the police station?