the curiously second post

[for the record, mrs. alexander is his neighbor, wellington is the dead dog, and mr. shears is the husband of mrs. shears, who's dog is wellington. christopher is trying to find out who killed mrs. shears' dog against the orders of his father, who told him not to pry into the business of others.]

"Then I thought that this was a super good day and something special hadn't happened yet, so it was possible that talking to Mrs. Alexander was the special thing that was going to happen. And I thought that she might tell me something about Wellington or about Mr. Shears without me asking her, so that wouldn't be breaking my promise (Haddon 55)."

I thought that this passage was a good example of characterization of Christopher. It shows a little bit of how his mind works. He thinks that seeing 4 red cars in a row mean the day will be super good, and 4 yellow cars in a row mean the day will be super bad (he hates yellow). He shapes the events of his day on these quirks of his. This passage also shows his nature to tell the truth and abide by promises he makes to anyone. His nature is also to be very sneaky and thoughtful, as seen in the passage as he tries to think of ways to investigate Wellington's death without actually doing so.