Reading+Reflections.

1. Anna is one of my favorite characters in the book. Although it seems selfish of her to not give up her kidney she is still doing the right thing by suing her parents. This shows she has independence and that she refuses to be controlled by anyone especially her parents. Anna is making a very bold, and risky decision by suing her parents who are the only people that potentially will take care of her and personally i don't think i would be able to do it myself.

2. Terminal illnesses can really take a toll on families. Coming from experience, losing a few family members to serious terminal cancers and illnesses relating to some characters comes easily. The Fitzgerald family is not acting in a strange and unusual manner for the amount of stress that has come into their lives at an early stage of their growing family. Sara and Anna's relationship can be very hostile at times. With the idea that Anna's sole purpose of being on this planet was to serve as a miracle treatment for her sister in Anna's head it's hard to even think about anything but herself. Sara centers her life to help and save her first daughter and easily can forget about anyone else and what matters to them. These two points of view seem to clash and it shows by the way Anna and Sara dont get along.

3. Brian shows a nonchalant attitude towards most things in the story. When Sara and Brian were slammed with being sued by their own daughter it seems that Brian was the more calm and understanding of the two. It makes it out to be that Brian is more interested in his childrens perspective and wants to listen to Anna's side of the story more than his wife. It eventually shows that he has checked out of reality and sort of began to stop trying. On page 68, both Kate and Jesse finish dinner while Kate was excused and Jesse was not, Jesse felt it was unfair and decides to say it. Brian snapped and says, "Fair?" "You want to be fair? All right, Jess. The next time Kate has a bone marrow aspiration, we'll let you get one, too. When we flush her central line, we"ll make sure you go through something equally as painful. And next time she gets chemo, we'll-" This statement by him reflects that Kate's illness has taken a toll on him and as the story goes on it shows how he makes escapes from reality to think of something else.

4. On page 130 Anna talks about how her living room has various photos of her family. The Fitgerald children have plenty of photos from when they were young and pictures of them while growing up. Anna comes to conclude that that the fact she is the third child in the family they do not care as much for her. She quotes on page 130 "It's nobody's fault, and it's not a big deal, but it's a little depressing all the same." This quote alone shows that she truly does care and she wants things to change. ALso in this chapter she shares that in school and outside of school people treat her differently. Different by treating her better and have some sort of pity on her because she is the sister of Kate who is ultimately dying. Anna being one of my favorite characters, I find her feelings to be hurt and not cared for. Although she has realized this from a fairly young age I want her parents to understand it too.

__The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time__
1.In the beginning of the book and the dog was first found dead by Christopher he explained the sitution very calmy. This is when you can first understand and realize that Christopher is not like any other teenager, he is diagnosed with autism. The way he was explaining how he found the dog and he stroked Wellington, Mrs. Shears dog and was very calm about it is very strange. Another thing you can notice about the boy is that he is very observant and detailed about what he sees. For example, on page 4 Christopher says, "I had been hugging the dog for about 4 minutes when i heard screaming." He states 4 minutes which is the exact time. Christopher is a very different person.

2. In chapter 53 Christopher talks about how his mother died. He finds out that his mother dies of a heart attack and explains in detail that she was too young to have a heart attack. It is very surprising that Christopher knows so much about different things and he states that she must have died of an aneurysm because she was only 38, was very active, rode bikes, and ate food that was healthy for you. He also explains what a heart attack is. It is interesting how little things make him upset like when food touches on his plate but when his mother dies it does not really affect him.

3. On page 46 Christopher explains all his Behavioral Problems, some which include, not talkint to people for a long time, not eating or drinking anything for a long time, not liking being touched, screaming when i am angry or confused, not liking being in really small places with other people, smashing things when i am angry or confused, groaning, not liking yellow things or brown things and refusing to touch yellow or brown things. etc. These problems for him make his day much harder for him. I wonder how my life would change if i had problems that consist of just not eating foods that touch each other or not touching or looking at anything that is yellow or brown. Although he has been living with autism for his whole life it must still be challenging to deal with the problems he has to face in life.

4. In chapter 97 he explains that a **Super Good Day** is when five red cars pass because red is his favorite color. During his super good day he expects something to happen and when he went to the shop he found out information that he never knew about. Mrs. Alexander explained to him on page 60 that Mr Shears and Christopher's Mother had an affair. When Mrs Alexander asked Christopher if he was OK he only said, "I'm scared of being in the park with you because you're a stranger". He did not seem upset at all about the sitution with his Mother cheating on his father with another man.

5. Another way you can notice that Christopher is different from everyone else is when he gets into an argument with his father. He leaves the book he started to write on the table and his father came home and ultimately read it. His father was cursing him out of anger and any other teenage son or daughter would be explaining the situation or arguing back but Christopher just let his father yell at him. His father then grabbed his arm very tightly and Christopher hit his father very hard and when he did not let go he hit him again. This is not something anyone would do. Children do not go hitting their parents when they get into an argument but Christopher has an exception because he is autistic.