What was the disorder afflicting the protagonist in Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'?
"of ""Billy Elliot"". Joe Dziemianowicz of The ""Daily News"" found Sharp's performance ""dazzling"" and ""physical and emotionally intense"" and praised the design, lighting, music and video displays. Terry Teachout, drama critic for ""The Wall Street Journal"" dissented, describing the ""fantastically elaborate video projections"" pejoratively, saying that they are smothering. He felt the show was popular because of the trendy nature of Asperger's syndrome and that it was too reliant on trickery. His ""Wall Street Journal"" colleague Stefanie Cohen thought the play suffered from difficulty in adapting the book to the stage. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
"Mark Haddon Mark Haddon (born 28 October 1962) is an English novelist, best known for ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize for his work. Haddon was born on 28 October 1962 to Janella Murphy in Northampton, England. He was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied English. In 1984, he completed an MSc in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. In 1987, Haddon wrote his first children’s book, ""Gilbert’s Gobstopper"". This was followed"
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title quotes the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story ""The Adventure of Silver Blaze"". Haddon and ""The Curious Incident"" won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Unusually, it was published simultaneously in separate editions for adults and children. The novel is narrated in the first-person perspective"
"wanting – and expecting – more."" The book was also shown in the Vlogbrothers video - 'How to be a Nerdfighter'. A Spot of Bother A Spot of Bother is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"". Like ""Curious Incident"", ""A Spot of Bother"" examines mental health issues from the perspective of the patient. An excerpt from ""A Spot of Bother"" (at that point titled Blood and Scissors) was published in the book ""New Beginnings"", the proceeds from which were donated to"
"A Spot of Bother A Spot of Bother is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"". Like ""Curious Incident"", ""A Spot of Bother"" examines mental health issues from the perspective of the patient. An excerpt from ""A Spot of Bother"" (at that point titled Blood and Scissors) was published in the book ""New Beginnings"", the proceeds from which were donated to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The book was adapted into a film in 2009 (""""). The novel follows"
"and a theodolite. Their lack of provisions forced them to use their remaining sled dogs to feed the other dogs and themselves: There was a quick deterioration in the men's physical condition during this journey. Both men suffered dizziness; nausea; abdominal pain; irrationality; mucosal fissuring; skin, hair, and nail loss; and the yellowing of eyes and skin. Later Mawson noticed a dramatic change in his travelling companion. Mertz seemed to lose the will to move and wished only to remain in his sleeping bag. He began to deteriorate rapidly with diarrhoea and madness. On one occasion Mertz refused to believe"
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play by Simon Stephens based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. During its premiere run, the play tied the record for winning the most Olivier Awards (seven), including Best New Play at the 2013 ceremony (this record was surpassed by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" in 2017 with 9 wins). The play premiered on 2 August 2012 in the Cottesloe Theatre at the Royal National Theatre in London before transferring to the Apollo Theatre"
"Brothers. In 2011 Steve Kloves was attached to write and direct the project, but as of 2018 it has not yet been produced. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title quotes the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story ""The Adventure of Silver Blaze"". Haddon and ""The Curious Incident"" won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, and the Guardian"
"the men who have been in India longer than he has. ""christened him the 'Blastoderm', and throw cushions at him in the Club: His superior says that ""for a clever boy, Aurelian was a very big idiot."" He works well, and hard - too hard, for he suffers an attack of aphasia - a mental breakdown, which deprives him speech. The Doctor prescribes him three months rest. The experience cows McGoggin: he is frightened of what he has learnt about himself, and what he does not understand about his own mind and memory. The upshot is that ""the Club had"
"inches high, and the ceiling was just high enough for him to stand inside. The superstitious locals feared he could cast the evil eye on them, blamed him for any problems with their livestock, and generally avoided him. He never wore shoes, which would not fit on his misshapen feet. Instead, he wrapped his legs and feet in cloth. He walked with the help of a staff considerably taller than himself. Sources described him as being irritable and having a shrill, dissonant laugh, but he is also described as an intellectual who enjoyed reading Milton's ""Paradise Lost"" and ballads by"
"contentious marriage, coupled with Ruth Sheffey’s competition for her son's affections, made for a traumatic childhood. Witnessing fights and suffering beatings, Hayden lived in a house fraught with chronic anger, whose effects would stay with him throughout his life. On top of that, his severe visual problems prevented him from participating in activities such as sports in which nearly everyone else was involved. His childhood traumas resulted in debilitating bouts of depression that he later called ""my dark nights of the soul."" Because he was nearsighted and slight of stature, he was often ostracized by his peers. In response, Hayden"
"hop towards Polgas. While both captives waited, they began to talk in low tones. With sharp canine hearing both had no trouble engaging in a conversation, even if they were separated by quite some distance. Dado revealed that his mother had a maternal craving for dog meat while pregnant with him - thus was the reason for his present condition. He sought various cures; to counteract his natural tendency to not sweat, he experimented with psilocybin mushrooms. He experienced undesirable side effects and abandoned the idea. His uncle Henry (the stetson-wearing goon), however, discovered the mushrooms' psychedelic effects and decided"
"in the United States. The Dog Star The Dog Star is a novel by American writer Donald Windham, first published in 1950. It tells the story of a young Southern man who is haunted by the suicide of his best friend from reform school. Set in 1930s post-Depression Atlanta, the novel's themes include dysfunctional families, traditionalism, urban anomie, homosexuality, and suicide. In inner-city Atlanta, 15-year-old Blackie Pride is consumed by the memories of Whitey Maddox, his best friend from reform school who has recently killed himself. Despite their names, both boys are white and endured a period of homoerotic intimacy"
"prescription drug that he took to treat insomnia. Styron also briefly mentions his own father's battle with depression and his mother's premature death from breast cancer, both of which he believes could have also contributed to his deteriorated state of mind. As his depression becomes more severe, Styron seeks multiple treatment methods, including psychotherapy, consulting with a psychiatrist, and countless antidepressants, but to no avail. Initially, Styron is able to function better in the morning than in the afternoon and evening, but he soon struggles to even get out of bed. He eventually loses the ability to perform basic tasks"
"own lapses from reality. As a result, she frequently fantasizes of finding her grandmother and seeking revenge on the ""men in white"" who took her away. Il-soon, a young male patient hospitalized for anti-social behavior and kleptomania (stemming from schizophrenia) becomes fascinated with Young-goon; he is described as having ""no sympathy"" for his fellow man, believes he can ""steal"" other people's souls/attributes, and frequently wears handmade rabbit masks. He fears that he will eventually ""shrink into a dot"" and is seen compulsively brushing his teeth when nervous or upset. His habit of covertly taking the traits of his fellow inmates"
"point of forgetting his notes occasionally. The rhythm throughout was indecisive and the last pages of the Finale became almost a race between soloist and orchestra."" Although originally shy and introverted, Hassid was described as a carefree, likeable young man when he first came to London, but by February 1941 it became apparent that he was suffering from a severe mental disorder characterised by violent mood swings, often becoming sullen and withdrawn, and turning against his violin, his father and his religion. An inability to recognise close friends rapidly led to complete withdrawal from the world at large. He was"
"superb French bed with a long looking glass' and spending almost all of his time in 'coffee, smoking and drinking spiritous mixtures' in 'his divan - his harem'. Burton contracted opthalmia, lumbago, liver problems, and a scorbutic infection, and consumed opium 'to so great a degree' that his friends feared his 'speedy madness or death'. Burton lost weight and expected to live no longer than five years: one of his friends wrote of him, 'He is reduced to a mere skeleton'. James returned to England on Christmas Day 1835 with various animals, servants and slaves including Andreana, a Greek slave"
"to his hypochondria and other eccentric ways and afford servants and others hired to come and talk with him. His wife, Evelyn, appears to have accepted that he would have sex with some of these so-called ""talkers."" He attempted suicide on several occasions. On December 5, 1963, when he found the noise from the construction of the Prudential Tower near his apartment unbearable, he committed suicide with a revolver in Brookline, Massachusetts. According to one theory, he suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy and may have been experiencing aspects of reality that the normal brain filters out. He left 155 handwritten"
"confused and flabbergasted by modern-day life. His anger management issues, substance abuse, poor hygiene, lack of common sense, illiteracy, and poor grasp of reality prevent him from achieving much success in life. He frequently abuses inhalants such as glue, spray paint and poppers and, like the rest of the Gang, is a heavy drinker. He also frequently eats cat food before bed, to induce a feeling of sickness and drowsiness that allows him to fall asleep rapidly, which his roommate Frank also does. Charlie's difficulty reading and writing, generally poor communication skills, and poor grasp of grammar and syntax result"
"the wrath of the townspeople. Another story has Scarron falling into an ice-water bath during the Carnival season. It seems more likely, seeing the connection with water, that he was crippled by polio. Whatever the cause, Scarron began to suffer from miserable deformity and pain. His upper body became permanently twisted and his legs were paralyzed; he was obliged to use a wheelchair. He began to take copious amounts of opium to relieve his pain. Adding to his misfortunes, he became involved in a series of lawsuits with his stepmother over his father's property. He was also obliged to support"
"The Dog Star The Dog Star is a novel by American writer Donald Windham, first published in 1950. It tells the story of a young Southern man who is haunted by the suicide of his best friend from reform school. Set in 1930s post-Depression Atlanta, the novel's themes include dysfunctional families, traditionalism, urban anomie, homosexuality, and suicide. In inner-city Atlanta, 15-year-old Blackie Pride is consumed by the memories of Whitey Maddox, his best friend from reform school who has recently killed himself. Despite their names, both boys are white and endured a period of homoerotic intimacy during their time at"
"selling paintings of pink poodles to interior decorators. However, his self-imposed exile was not to his liking. He decided to return to the East Coast and try his luck once more at his illicit craft, for which he always found an eager buyer—eventually. In Washington, D.C., de Hory began an ill-fated association with a picture dealer that ended in disaster. In 1959, suffering from depression, he attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. A friend rescued him and called an ambulance. His stomach was pumped, and after a stay in the hospital de Hory convalesced in New York City, helped"
"his father and the Gestapo, involuntary servitude in a workhouse for the mentally handicapped as a young adult, then ultimately his two arrests and involuntary commitments to psychiatric care as an old man. But if he had good reason to feel himself persecuted by powerful figures and bureaucracies, the consequence was undeniably a maladjusted, antisocial paranoia, such that, to cite the most striking example, his apartment was discovered carpeted by a layer of dog excrement. The artist suffered from a variety of symptoms. He repeatedly confessed to hearing unreal voices—a classic symptom of schizophrenia. He was quite lonely, once telling"
"bathroom. The following June, Berdella found Mark Wallace (whom he vaguely knew via Wallace having previously helped him with yard work) hiding in his tool shed to seek shelter from a severe thunderstorm. As had been the case with Robert Sheldon, Berdella invited him inside his house, and, noting Wallace's acute state of tenseness and depression, volunteered to inject him with chlorpromazine with the explanation this would ""calm down and relax"" him. Wallace willingly accepted the offer and, 30 minutes later, Berdella decided to render him captive. Wallace was carried to the second floor bedroom where he endured almost a"
"strange modifications. He is unable to obtain any relevant information. He soon discovers that the inhabitants of the town deliberately avoid passing near the house. One of the locals tells him that one night, as his gaze wandered across the house's garden, he ""saw something."" It is also reported that a missing dog was found decapitated and mutilated on the lawn. One rainy night, the protagonist is caught in the storm and is forced to enter the mysterious house; the front door is unexpectedly open. Once inside, his nose immediately detects what he describes as ""a sweet, sickening smell."" Turning"
"problem which precludes him from walking and causes him to spend most of his time in bed. Mary visits him every day that week, distracting him from his troubles with stories of the moor, Dickon and his animals, and the secret garden. Mary finally confides that she has access to the secret garden, and Colin asks to see it. Colin is put into his wheelchair and brought outside into the secret garden. It is the first time he has been outdoors for years. While in the garden, the children are surprised to see Ben Weatherstaff looking over the wall on"
"of his business, then claims that he has spiked the group's food and drink with hallucinogenic mushrooms. The ensuing argument leads to a disturbing revelation – at their last gathering 20 years earlier, several of the friends had forced Ãngel to take a large quantity of unknown drugs, which had apparently tipped Ãngel into schizophrenia, causing him to become violent and delusional, and he had to be institutionalised. Moments later the group is startled by an eerie flash that illuminates the entire night sky, accompanied by an ominous rumbling; when it ceases the friends hear the sound of animals and"
"was worried about Germans appearing out of the dark but he was equally concerned that if a bomb dropped near the zoo the animals might escape from their cages. ‘Often, 17 year olds like myself exchanged our fears about what one would do if, spare the thought, in such an event the monstrous form of Alfred were to lumber forward out of the darkness’, he recalled, ‘probably run towards the enemy!’ he concluded. In 1946 Alfred became sluggish and overweight before being diagnosed with thyroid deficiency. He recovered from the illness after treatment however, and later returned to his former"
"but rather met the criteria for both disorders, and was therefore most likely a schizoaffective. If true, this might be explained by a series of brief reactive psychoses in a narcissistic personality which could not withstand being confronted with reality (in this case, that he was not the ""superman"" or ""savior of Germany"" he envisioned himself to be, as his plans and apparent early achievements collapsed about him). In addition, his regular methamphetamine use and possible sleep deprivation in the last period of his life must be factored into any speculation as to the cause of his possible psychotic symptoms,"
"sleep, followed by dexedrine to function. Hepburn, who adopted a nursing role towards Tracy, was unable to understand her partner's unhappiness. She wrote in her autobiography: ""What was it? ... Never at peace ... Tortured by some sort of guilt. Some terrible misery."" As he entered his sixties, years of drinking, smoking, taking pills, and being overweight left Tracy in poor health. On July 21, 1963, he was hospitalized after a severe attack of breathlessness. Doctors found that he was suffering from pulmonary edema, where fluid accumulates in the lungs due to an inability of the heart to pump properly."
"them as weaknesses. He tends to hold the view that living in luxury will ""soften"" him (as a boy, after being taken in by a guild, he slept on the floor rather than his bed out of concern that this luxury might soften him). He dislikes intoxicants and drugs because they cloud the mind; only on very rare occasions has he ever relaxed enough to imbibe even moderate amounts of alcohol, and then only in very secure surroundings. This habit has changed to a degree in the novel ""Charon's Claw"" by R.A. Salvatore. On multiple occasions he imbibes alcohol, with"
"a treatment of ketamine to induce a coma had been given to relieve his leg pain, but he experiences neurological side effects. It becomes clear that House cannot separate fact from fiction, as hallucinations begin to get a stronger grasp on his sense of reality, from hitting Wilson to eating tacos outside the hospital. He begins to question his own ability to diagnose, while hostility increases between him and Moriarty. As Vince’s body begins to deteriorate, House struggles through his own self-doubts and must try to make sense of his life and world. House is seen hallucinating sitting in the"
"deep darkness of horror engulfed me. I could endure no more."" When he regains consciousness, he finds himself in the body of a 27-year-old man named Harold Amesbury. He discovers that it is now a hundred years later; Amesbury has been ill and delirious for three months. His fiancée, Helen Newcome, is overjoyed at his recovery — but stunned when he reveals his identity as Atherton. Helen determines to nurse Herbert/Harold back to mental health. She leads him out into the world, where he confronts the vast changes of the intervening century, and beholds the ""bewildering magnificence and beauty"" —"