Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the...

Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and Holden from J.D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye Holden from The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger and Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon are both two very interesting first person narrators in many different ways. Holden is a 17years old boy having difficulty staying in schools more than 6 months because he doesnt work enough and Christopher is 15 years old and has aspergers syndrome. This means that he has no feelings. The narrators are similar in some ways for example in the way of talking; they both have a restricted vocabulary. But there are more differences†¦show more content†¦He uses only and, but and because as conjunctions in his writing, this makes his style unvaried and tends to be monotonous. Holden and Christopher are both informal in their tone, though Christopher doesnt use any slang or swearing, while Holden uses them widely, for instance That sonuvabitchà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦..(The Catcher in the Rye)(24). Both of these two narrators have a restricted vocabulary , repeating their words over and over again, for example Holdens uses boy very often. He also has a jumpy style of writing, he will be talking about something and change the subject completely or remember that he has to tell the reader something else I forgot to tell you about thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦ (The Catcher in the Rye)(7). Holdens tone of voice is frequently sarcastic whereas Christopher never uses sarcasm because it is a feeling and he cannot understand feelings due to his illness. Christopher sometimes uses similes, but when he is using them, he compares himself for instance with machinery I sometimes think my mind as a machine but not always as a bread slicing machine. It makes it easier to explain to other people what is going inside. (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)(8). This shows his need to make comparison, but because of his lack of imagination he has to restrict himself to what he knows. While Christophers interest, in facts for example,Show MoreRelatedLiterary Criticism : The Free Encyclopedia 7351 Words   |  30 Pages Bildungsroman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbÉ ªldÊŠÅ‹s.Ê oËÅ'maË n]; German: novel of formation, education, culture),[a] novel of formation, novel of education,[2] or coming-of-age story (though it may also be known as a subset of the coming-of-age story) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),[3]