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Analysis – Main Message

Say what you think the author is trying to do or say. What is the author's main message or purpose? Say how well you think the author succeeds in what he or she is attempting and give reasons for your answer.

It's not so easy to tell what the author tried to say. I wonder what Mark Haddon had in mind when he wrote this book. The idea of a teenage boy investing a murder of a poodle, it sounds unbelievably funny. The writing style he uses to emphasize a young boy's writing style is pretty entertaining and authentic. 
Except that the given circumstances make the basis of this book very fascinating, I think that the story has a very common and unsurprising plot; you get to know a young boy that tries to find out about things that he isn't allowed to investigate. Through the story he experiences a lot of different emotions and conflicts but in the end, everything will be alright and because he is still so young, he learned some big lessons for the rest of his life.

In my opinion Mark Haddon succeeded very well to build a story about a boy with the asperger's syndrome. He added additional classic themes out of a family's daily life and created a «nice-if-you've-read-it-book». But I think it's also important to say that I expected a little more about the promising basis and the possible outcomes this story could've taken.


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