This document summarizes and analyzes the text "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". It discusses how Christopher Boone has Asperger's syndrome and this causes difficulties for his parents. His mother leaves and his relationship with his father breaks down. The document argues that while Christopher's condition was difficult, it was his parents' actions, like lying about his mother being dead, that were unacceptable and damaged Christopher's trust in his father.

1. Curious Incident Essay
"Despite Christopher's difficulties it is his parent's actions we cannot accept" Do you agree?
In the text "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night–Time", Christopher Boone suffers from
Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism (QUOTE). This means he can be sometimes a handful
for his parents. It is because of his condition that his mother leaves and his relationship with his
father breaks down. But its not just Christopher's fault his parents are having a hard time. They them
selves make some bad decisions that lead to each of them feeling frustrated and even forcing
themselves to do some morally bad things (QUOTE). It is these things that Christopher parents do
that we, the readers, cannot accept, despite Christopher's...show more content...
Of course she writes to him every week or so, but the journey between London and Swindon is
relatively short, just writing to him and not travelling to see him shows that even through she does
care, she still thinks that she isn't needed and Ed is managing just fine with Christopher.
(QUOTE) Ed Boone is Christopher's father, and is much less short tempered than his wife Judy
Boone and is the parent who causes the most damage in the Boone family. For instance, when Judy
leaves Ed and Christopher, to cover it up Ed tells Christopher that Judy died of a heart attack
(QUOTE). This, when Christopher found out, had the biggest impact on him (QUOTE). Another
action that Christopher's dad made was to murder Wellington and thus break Christopher trust
combined with lying to him about his mother. This caused Christopher to run away from his father
because he couldn't trust him and go in search of his newly–discovered mother. It is these actions
that we cannot accept, Ed lying to Christopher about his dead mother and Ed hiding all the letters
Judy sent to Christopher. These actions are both morally wrong and just not right, as Christopher
has a right to know if his mother is alive or not. Also hiding the letters, it would have been much
easier for Ed to have just told Christopher his mum is alive and shown him the letters etc. Because
then Christopher would of continued trusting him and there wouldn't of been the big break down
near the end.
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2. Critical Incident
Critical Incident A Reflective Essay Rich & Parker 2001 defines critical incidents as snapshots of
something that happens to a patient, their family or healthcare professional. It may be something
positive, or it could be a situation where someone has suffered in some way. Reflecting on critical
incidents will allow me to explore and analyse incidents and how it has affects me and what I hope
to do with these effects in the course of my training towards becoming a registered practitioner. It
also gives me the opportunity of changing my way of thinking or practice, as I learn valuable
lessons when I reflect on an incident. This helps me to develop self–awareness and skills in critical
thinking and problem solving (Rich & Parker 2001)....show more content...
I was thinking to myself if they have asked questions or done any research about CCU they will
most likely be thinking their son's situation is hopeless. It is important to label and date all the
lines as this helps to know what each is used for and how long it has been in situ for. Also care
should be taken when moving patients to ensure the stay in place as it can be very uncomfortable
and difficult to reinsert a cannula on a patient as most of them are oeadematous. As I was involved
in the care of the patient I had to explain to the wife why her husband was connected to a ventilator
and it use. A ventilator is an artificial breathing machine that moves oxygen–enriched air in and out
of your lungs. If your lungs have failed and you cannot breathe on your own, you will need to be
attached to a ventilator (See appendix 3). Being helped to breathe by a ventilator means that you
will usually need to be sedated. Ventilators can offer different levels of breathing assistance. If you
only need help breathing for a couple of days, it is likely you will have an endotracheal tube from
the ventilator to your mouth or nose. The tube will usually be held in place behind your neck as
was the case with my patient. However, if you need help with breathing for more than a few days,
you may have a short operation called a tracheostomy. This replaces the tube in your mouth with a
shorter tube that is placed directly into your trachea. As well as being more comfortable,
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