Frankly I read the novel first form my summer reading, which makes me very sure about I will know every thing about the play. Because at that time I thought the play was just the short cut of the novel.But I was wrong, in the novel I thought Christopher was just a strange boy who was only got an A in his math. At first I did not liked him, because his thoughtful was childish although he solve all the problem just by luck. I always some time he just make the things worse which makes me kind of want to replace him and finish the whole novel in about two pages. But I was wrong again, when the first time I read the play I find out that the Christopher in the play is not the same Christopher who I read in the novel, actually they are the same person, I thought that they were different because I read the novel as a third person who was already know everything and that person just reading a story in the play the author makes the characters back to move and I realized that all they do was logical at that time, what makes me feel board only because I know every thing before I read the novel.
I will say that the play is more interesting and readable, but a play is for performance which did not give enough details and information, maybe I felt that the play is good just because I read the novel first. Although the play was simple and do not have many details but it still sound like more alive then the book. The book was a diary like long story which was involved every one’s react and emotion, and the diary makes them all only alive in the diary. I feel like the novel was just telling a story as a old man who just been through all of stories.
But the play bring them all alive. I can see Rojie dislike Christopher but still show his care and kind to him. Which was only feel lines describe form the diary.After I read both the play and the novel versions I feel like that I prefer the play because I can first time become a third person instide of just a listener.
The detail form the book is important though, the play just copy the story line but some time avoid detail which can only by notice form the light and the voice form the actor, not as clear as the words on the paper. Those detail may not noticed by Christopher but noticed by a reader which makes the reader think Christopher was childish.
The similarities and in the play and novel versions are seen by the difference form the details and how people understand them. Although they share the same story and give every character same personality but the play is more alive and the novel is more detailable and more meticulous.
Citation:
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Print.
Stephens, Simon. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2015. Prin
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