On pages 45–48, Christopher describes his "Behavioral Problems" and the effect they had on his parents and their marriage. What is the effect of the dispassionate style in which he relates this information?
By Christopher's dispassionate style of speech towards this discussion shows the reader that he believes that there marriage troubles were his fault because of all of the bad things he did, such as Hitting other people and doing stupid things.
Christopher is saying all this with almost no emotion behind the words he is telling us about his "problems" and how they affected his parents' marriage. He says it in a way that makes it sound like his parents didn't/don't deal with him very well at all (threatening to beat him or put him in a "special home"). He doesn't realize this because he doesn't know how he should be treated, but it is obviously wrong to threaten to beat up somebody for something they cannot control.
Christopher is stating blatantly what his problems are and what his parent's reactions are to these problems. Christopher has no emotion on past events because he knows what's done is done and there is no way that he could what his parents thought and what happened because of this.
The way Christopher indifferently relays this information makes you see how little he thinks of the whole ordeal now that it is all done with. You understand his views on events in the past and the way he deals with emotions much better once you have read and analyzed this passage. It also makes you a bit sympathetic for Christopher after hearing how he understands but does not really care about such a huge, dreadful part of his life.
Christopher doesnt have any emotion in what he is saying because he knows that he led to the arguing of his parents an d he accepts it as what it is. So he doesnt try to change much and his parents kept on arguing.
His dispassionate explaination of why his parents fighting shows that he doesn't understand what he has done or the impact that he has caused on them, making their lives stressful. He can't help his behavioral problems, but they determine the mood of the family.
Christopher doesn't realize the effect of his behavioral problems. He recognizes the things he does, but he also states that he is more "grown up" and can do things for himself. He says that he would make his parents angry, & feared they would get a divorce because they had to look after him and deal with his behavioral problems. He seems to not completely understand his actions, and because of the way he capitalizes "Behavioral Problems" it also may indicate that those are just words he has heard, not completely comprehended.
Christopher knows what his behavioral problems are because he can list them and give examples of most of them. The way he gives the examples can be quite humorous to readers until we realize how difficult it would be living every day with someone that had all of these issues. He does realize that he is the cause for most of his parents arguments.
Christopher just goes right out and tells the reader what his 'behavioral problems' are because he isn't ashamed-after all, he doesn't see them as good or bad until someone points out that they are, in fact, problems-to him, it's just his way of dealing with an uncomfortable situation, like cause and effect: if someone touches you and you don't like it, hit them. If you see a color you hate, scream or refuse to talk, eat and drink at all.
The style in which he tells the reader about his problems and how they affected his parents shows that he realizes what people say are problems, but not why they are bad behaviors or how they stress those around him.
Christopher realizes that his "behavioral problems" impact his family life, he just isn't exactly sure how or why. He was physically hurt by his parents, and since he lacks the common sense most people have, he is not able to determine that his parents are abusing him and that he does not deserve to be treated as such. Christopher has absolutely no control over his autism, so for him to be punished for it is quite cruel and unjust.
Christopher talks about his 'problems' with no emotion whatsoever because he really does not understand what is so different about him than everyone else around him. He does not understand that what he does in certain situations isn't the normal reactions of regular people so he sees it as just some everyday problem that everyone has. It just seems to him, as if it is no big deal because he does not really understand the seriousness of his situation. His no emotion style towards speaking of how it affected his parents shows that he once again does not understand why his parents are getting mad at him because he believes what he is doing is normal. His attitude leaves the effect on you that he really does not know, or maybe that he knows and just doesn't care about how his autism affected his parents.
Christopher's attitude towards his 'behavioral problems', shows that he truely believes that he was the cause of his parents marriage problems. We of course later learn that this is not true, as does Christopher.
He's dispationate, but it's not his fault. Not being able to show and read emotions like others is just part of being autistic. But I do think that he thinks that it's his fault that their marrige didn't work.
The dispassionate style in which he describes his behavioral problems shows that he knows there is nothing he can do to fight them or change them at such a young age, its who he is. He is smart enough to realize though that is is causing his parents to fight but he can do nothing to help the fighting problems.
Christopher, at this point in time, believes that his partents' marriage problems were all because of his behavioral issues. But because he is autistic, he can't really care as much that it may be his fault, causing his lack of passion.
Christopher thinks that his behavioral problems led to his parents fighting all the time, but since he doesn't like to talk to people he really doesn't care one way or another.
The way he shows his behavioral problems shows that he is fully aware of his issues but no matter how much he tries he can't fully suppress his national autistic issues. He also feels that his parents problems may have been because of his autistic problems.
he has a hard time understanding what other people mean as far as emotions are concerned. Normal every day average people take the innate ability to read sarcasm and emotions for granted.
and what's "fully suppress his NATIONALLY autistic issues." ??!!?
His unemotional tone suggests that he knows he is the cause of his parents' arguments, but does not understand how he has caused them or how to fix it if he had the urge to do so.
Christopher seems to think that the reason his parents had issues with each other was because of his "behavioral problems". He later learns that that is not the case, however, that is what he thinks at that moment.
The dispassionate style used by Christopher indicates that he completely believes that the trouble between his parents was his fault. He says.."sometimes these things would make Mother and Father really angry and they would shout at me or they would shout at each other." Obviously if this occured everyday, it would take a toil on the marriage.
I believe that Christopher's dispassionate style and dull recognition is due to the fact that he doesn't want to look back on the past, or doesn't understand it. Detail brings back memories, and I'm not sure he'd want to bring that back up. Also, the guilt he feels with the blame he puts on himself is a burden.
Christopher seems to understand his behavioral problems, but not entirely. The dispassionate style that he uses shows that he knows and can recognize what his problems are in his life and how his parents would fight over them, but doesn't really seem to understand it and interpret it any deeper than that level.
Christophers attitude toward his "behavioral problems" shows that he feels he affected his parents relationship but that he doesn't fully understand his problems.
In Christopher's mind, he knows these two things are related but he doesn't necessarily know why. Maybe he feels that he is the cause of his parent's problems or he doesn't even know why or what they are arguing about.
the way that christopher says his problems is that he knows what he does, but its just part of his life. it has become habit to him. he knows that he had an effect on his parents but he believes thats just how he acts, its normal to him.
His behavioral problems did have their parents drift apart from each other. The stress it put on their life, seperated them. Chrisopher doesn't understand how it could be his fault, so when he describes the situation it is almost as if he is listing facts, because he shows no emotion and tell of no emotion from him in the situation.
Christopher's behavioral problems did lead to his parents separation. The sheer amount of Stress led them to separate. However Christopher does not understand why it was his fault so he just lives his life and accepts it as fact.
His autism makes him less sensitive to social ques, perhaps this makes him less sensitive to the subject of his parent's separation. So maybe listing these things doesn't make him feel very emotional, hence the "dispassionate style in which he relates this information".
Christopher's behavioral problems triggered his parents decision to separate. He doesn't fully understand that his behavior problems did so, therefore he is not very emotional when listing those problems.
I think his dispassionate way of saying his behavioral issues shows that he doesn't really understand the impact they had on his parents marriage. He knew that it would cause them to fight, but he didn't understand the long term impacts.
Christopher's behavioral problems had caused the seperation of his parents, but he does not understand the complexities lf the human social system and thus does not understand his impact. He simply states the issue with no emotion as though he is stating a list of facts.
His dispassionate ways of describing his 'problems' are due to the fact that he doesn't understand why they are so bad, but he knows they caused his parents to split up. He can't comprehend why his problems caused the divorce, but he was just vaguely aware of it.
Christopher believes that his parents marriage issues come from his own faults. He believes the results of their marriage were caused by him hitting people, acting up, and other misbehaviors he listed.
Christopher feels that his behavioral problems had caused his parents to get divorced. He doesn't understand why, but he knows it was his fault. There's nothing he can do to change that, and he feels bad, but he has his dispassionate way of showing it.
Christopher feels that because sometimes he had "behavioral" problems it caused tension on his parents marriage and may that was why they fought so much and said they hated each other.
The effect that the audience experiences by Christopher's dispassionate style in which he relates this information is that of relization that even though Christopher is very hight functioning in certain areas (math and science(physics)), but he cannot understand and comprehend the emotions of others making it seem fine to him that he is unaffected by this tension between parents and he can knowingly say that he has issues and he knows that this is the reason his parents are unhappy and seperated.
The effect of the dispassionate style in which he states this information shows that Christopher realizes that he is unable to do many things. His nonchalant way of relaying this information to readers, to me, seemed to further express Christopher's logic. To him, these things are the norm and are justified with various reasons understood, in some cases, to only him. He understands to an extent that his social quirks put stress on his mom and dad and a major strain on their relationship. Despite these problems, Christopher still feels that he has made improvement and is an independent person.
Christopher understands that his "behavioral problems" are causing bigger problems, such as the diminishing of his parents' relationship. Yet he knows that he can't go back and change what happened, so he doesn't feel inclined to fix things or feel bad about it.
The effect of the dispassionate style in which Christopher relates these things shows how he has accepted the problems he feels he caused. He may not fully understand everything that is involved in his parent's marriage when it was falling apart. Therefore, he doesn't seem to be too upset about the whole situation. He also sees it as the past because he hasen't seen his mother for a couple years.
The effect of the dispassionate syle that Christopher relates these things is showing that he knows it was his fault his parents had marriage problems. Although he knows this, he doesn't understand how he can make the situation any better.
Christopher doesn't have that many emotions when he brings up his behavioral problems in the book. This is most likely because he has tried to disassociate himself with these and the direct linkage to his parents' split. He understands that it isn't truly his fault, but the few emotions he has about it tell him otherwise. He feels bad about their marriage problems, but he does not know how, if any way, to make the situation improve. This also makes him upset.
Christopher seems to blame himself for his parents' arguments...but in a detached sort of way. It's almost disturbing how little he seems to care about it.
By Christopher's dispassionate style of speech towards this discussion shows the reader that he believes that there marriage troubles were his fault because of all of the bad things he did, such as Hitting other people and doing stupid things.
ReplyDeleteChristopher's attitude shows that he thinks that he was the cause of the downfall of his parents marriage.
ReplyDeleteChristopher is saying all this with almost no emotion behind the words he is telling us about his "problems" and how they affected his parents' marriage. He says it in a way that makes it sound like his parents didn't/don't deal with him very well at all (threatening to beat him or put him in a "special home"). He doesn't realize this because he doesn't know how he should be treated, but it is obviously wrong to threaten to beat up somebody for something they cannot control.
ReplyDeleteChristopher is stating blatantly what his problems are and what his parent's reactions are to these problems. Christopher has no emotion on past events because he knows what's done is done and there is no way that he could what his parents thought and what happened because of this.
ReplyDeleteThe way Christopher indifferently relays this information makes you see how little he thinks of the whole ordeal now that it is all done with. You understand his views on events in the past and the way he deals with emotions much better once you have read and analyzed this passage. It also makes you a bit sympathetic for Christopher after hearing how he understands but does not really care about such a huge, dreadful part of his life.
ReplyDeleteChristopher doesnt have any emotion in what he is saying because he knows that he led to the arguing of his parents an d he accepts it as what it is. So he doesnt try to change much and his parents kept on arguing.
ReplyDeleteHis dispassionate explaination of why his parents fighting shows that he doesn't understand what he has done or the impact that he has caused on them, making their lives stressful. He can't help his behavioral problems, but they determine the mood of the family.
ReplyDeleteChristopher doesn't realize the effect of his behavioral problems. He recognizes the things he does, but he also states that he is more "grown up" and can do things for himself. He says that he would make his parents angry, & feared they would get a divorce because they had to look after him and deal with his behavioral problems. He seems to not completely understand his actions, and because of the way he capitalizes "Behavioral Problems" it also may indicate that those are just words he has heard, not completely comprehended.
ReplyDeleteChristopher knows what his behavioral problems are because he can list them and give examples of most of them. The way he gives the examples can be quite humorous to readers until we realize how difficult it would be living every day with someone that had all of these issues. He does realize that he is the cause for most of his parents arguments.
ReplyDeleteChristopher just goes right out and tells the reader what his 'behavioral problems' are because he isn't ashamed-after all, he doesn't see them as good or bad until someone points out that they are, in fact, problems-to him, it's just his way of dealing with an uncomfortable situation, like cause and effect: if someone touches you and you don't like it, hit them. If you see a color you hate, scream or refuse to talk, eat and drink at all.
ReplyDeleteThe style in which he tells the reader about his problems and how they affected his parents shows that he realizes what people say are problems, but not why they are bad behaviors or how they stress those around him.
ReplyDeleteChristopher realizes that his "behavioral problems" impact his family life, he just isn't exactly sure how or why. He was physically hurt by his parents, and since he lacks the common sense most people have, he is not able to determine that his parents are abusing him and that he does not deserve to be treated as such. Christopher has absolutely no control over his autism, so for him to be punished for it is quite cruel and unjust.
ReplyDeleteChristopher talks about his 'problems' with no emotion whatsoever because he really does not understand what is so different about him than everyone else around him. He does not understand that what he does in certain situations isn't the normal reactions of regular people so he sees it as just some everyday problem that everyone has. It just seems to him, as if it is no big deal because he does not really understand the seriousness of his situation. His no emotion style towards speaking of how it affected his parents shows that he once again does not understand why his parents are getting mad at him because he believes what he is doing is normal. His attitude leaves the effect on you that he really does not know, or maybe that he knows and just doesn't care about how his autism affected his parents.
ReplyDeleteChristopher's attitude towards his 'behavioral problems', shows that he truely believes that he was the cause of his parents marriage problems. We of course later learn that this is not true, as does Christopher.
ReplyDeleteHe's dispationate, but it's not his fault. Not being able to show and read emotions like others is just part of being autistic. But I do think that he thinks that it's his fault that their marrige didn't work.
ReplyDeleteHe realizes that his problems impact his life. He truly believes that it is the fact that his parents marriage is what caused this.
ReplyDeleteThe dispassionate style in which he describes his behavioral problems shows that he knows there is nothing he can do to fight them or change them at such a young age, its who he is. He is smart enough to realize though that is is causing his parents to fight but he can do nothing to help the fighting problems.
ReplyDeleteChristopher, at this point in time, believes that his partents' marriage problems were all because of his behavioral issues. But because he is autistic, he can't really care as much that it may be his fault, causing his lack of passion.
ReplyDeleteChristopher thinks that his behavioral problems led to his parents fighting all the time, but since he doesn't like to talk to people he really doesn't care one way or another.
ReplyDeleteThe way he shows his behavioral problems shows that he is fully aware of his issues but no matter how much he tries he can't fully suppress his national autistic issues. He also feels that his parents problems may have been because of his autistic problems.
ReplyDeleteIt shows that he believes (and is probably right) that it was his fault that his parents had problems.
ReplyDeletehe has a hard time understanding what other people mean as far as emotions are concerned. Normal every day average people take the innate ability to read sarcasm and emotions for granted.
ReplyDeleteand what's "fully suppress his NATIONALLY autistic issues." ??!!?
His unemotional tone suggests that he knows he is the cause of his parents' arguments, but does not understand how he has caused them or how to fix it if he had the urge to do so.
ReplyDeleteChristopher seems to think that the reason his parents had issues with each other was because of his "behavioral problems". He later learns that that is not the case, however, that is what he thinks at that moment.
ReplyDeleteThe dispassionate style used by Christopher indicates that he completely believes that the trouble between his parents was his fault. He says.."sometimes these things would make Mother and Father really angry and they would shout at me or they would shout at each other." Obviously if this occured everyday, it would take a toil on the marriage.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Christopher's dispassionate style and dull recognition is due to the fact that he doesn't want to look back on the past, or doesn't understand it. Detail brings back memories, and I'm not sure he'd want to bring that back up.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the guilt he feels with the blame he puts on himself is a burden.
Christopher seems to understand his behavioral problems, but not entirely. The dispassionate style that he uses shows that he knows and can recognize what his problems are in his life and how his parents would fight over them, but doesn't really seem to understand it and interpret it any deeper than that level.
ReplyDeleteChristopher, to me, seems ashamed of his problems but he shouldn't feel like this. He is perfect just the way he is.
ReplyDeleteChristopher feels that because he has these behavioral problems it is the reason his parents argued and that it sparked their arguments.
ReplyDeleteChristophers attitude toward his "behavioral problems" shows that he feels he affected his parents relationship but that he doesn't fully understand his problems.
ReplyDeleteIn Christopher's mind, he knows these two things are related but he doesn't necessarily know why. Maybe he feels that he is the cause of his parent's problems or he doesn't even know why or what they are arguing about.
ReplyDeleteThe way that Christopher states his problem shows that he thinks he caused the failure of his parents marriage.
ReplyDeletethe way that christopher says his problems is that he knows what he does, but its just part of his life. it has become habit to him. he knows that he had an effect on his parents but he believes thats just how he acts, its normal to him.
ReplyDeleteChristopher thinks that his parents problems were all because of him, so he acts out.
ReplyDeleteHis behavioral problems did have their parents drift apart from each other. The stress it put on their life, seperated them. Chrisopher doesn't understand how it could be his fault, so when he describes the situation it is almost as if he is listing facts, because he shows no emotion and tell of no emotion from him in the situation.
ReplyDeleteChristopher's behavioral problems did lead to his parents separation. The sheer amount of Stress led them to separate. However Christopher does not understand why it was his fault so he just lives his life and accepts it as fact.
ReplyDeleteHis autism makes him less sensitive to social ques, perhaps this makes him less sensitive to the subject of his parent's separation. So maybe listing these things doesn't make him feel very emotional, hence the "dispassionate style in which he relates this information".
ReplyDeleteChristopher's behavioral problems triggered his parents decision to separate. He doesn't fully understand that his behavior problems did so, therefore he is not very emotional when listing those problems.
ReplyDeleteI think his dispassionate way of saying his behavioral issues shows that he doesn't really understand the impact they had on his parents marriage. He knew that it would cause them to fight, but he didn't understand the long term impacts.
ReplyDeleteChristopher's behavioral problems had caused the seperation of his parents, but he does not understand the complexities lf the human social system and thus does not understand his impact. He simply states the issue with no emotion as though he is stating a list of facts.
ReplyDeleteHis dispassionate ways of describing his 'problems' are due to the fact that he doesn't understand why they are so bad, but he knows they caused his parents to split up. He can't comprehend why his problems caused the divorce, but he was just vaguely aware of it.
ReplyDeleteChristopher believes that his parents marriage issues come from his own faults. He believes the results of their marriage were caused by him hitting people, acting up, and other misbehaviors he listed.
ReplyDeleteChristopher feels that his behavioral problems had caused his parents to get divorced. He doesn't understand why, but he knows it was his fault. There's nothing he can do to change that, and he feels bad, but he has his dispassionate way of showing it.
ReplyDeleteChristopher feels that because sometimes he had "behavioral" problems it caused tension on his parents marriage and may that was why they fought so much and said they hated each other.
ReplyDeleteThe effect that the audience experiences by Christopher's dispassionate style in which he relates this information is that of relization that even though Christopher is very hight functioning in certain areas (math and science(physics)), but he cannot understand and comprehend the emotions of others making it seem fine to him that he is unaffected by this tension between parents and he can knowingly say that he has issues and he knows that this is the reason his parents are unhappy and seperated.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of the dispassionate style in which he states this information shows that Christopher realizes that he is unable to do many things. His nonchalant way of relaying this information to readers, to me, seemed to further express Christopher's logic. To him, these things are the norm and are justified with various reasons understood, in some cases, to only him. He understands to an extent that his social quirks put stress on his mom and dad and a major strain on their relationship. Despite these problems, Christopher still feels that he has made improvement and is an independent person.
ReplyDeleteChristopher understands that his "behavioral problems" are causing bigger problems, such as the diminishing of his parents' relationship. Yet he knows that he can't go back and change what happened, so he doesn't feel inclined to fix things or feel bad about it.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of the dispassionate style in which Christopher relates these things shows how he has accepted the problems he feels he caused. He may not fully understand everything that is involved in his parent's marriage when it was falling apart. Therefore, he doesn't seem to be too upset about the whole situation. He also sees it as the past because he hasen't seen his mother for a couple years.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of the dispassionate syle that Christopher relates these things is showing that he knows it was his fault his parents had marriage problems. Although he knows this, he doesn't understand how he can make the situation any better.
ReplyDeleteChristopher doesn't have that many emotions when he brings up his behavioral problems in the book. This is most likely because he has tried to disassociate himself with these and the direct linkage to his parents' split. He understands that it isn't truly his fault, but the few emotions he has about it tell him otherwise. He feels bad about their marriage problems, but he does not know how, if any way, to make the situation improve. This also makes him upset.
ReplyDeleteChristopher seems to blame himself for his parents' arguments...but in a detached sort of way. It's almost disturbing how little he seems to care about it.
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