The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chapter 29 Quotes
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chapter 29 Quotes
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Quote 1
Siobhan also says that if you close your mouth and breathe out loudly through your noise it can mean that you are relaxed, or that you are bored, or that you are angry and it all depends on how much air comes out of your noise and how fast and what shape your mouth is when you do it and how you are sitting and what you said just before and hundreds of other things which are too complicated to work out in a few seconds. (29.4)
Isn't this an amazing passage? Who knew we were doing something so darn impressive every time we read someone's body language and facial expressions? It does sound way too complicated to work out in a few seconds. Such an amazing feat! And, the way he describes it, it's entirely understandable that Christopher is unable to do it so quickly.
Quote 2
I think it [a metaphor] should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboards. (29.7)
Hmm, is everything that isn't true a lie? Should we really outlaw metaphors? Once again, Christopher displays a frustration with his inability to understand the subtlety of language.
Quote 3
This makes you wonder what he was called before he carried Christ across the river. But he wasn't called anything because this is an apocryphal story which means that it is a lie, too. (29.9)
And what about this one? Does Christopher really consider all stories to be<em> lies</em>? He's already established how much he dislikes lying in general, but what about the stories he likes, like <em>Sherlock Holmes</em>? Are those lies too? Or are those okay?