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A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Themes

Year 12 Standard English

A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Overview

 

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BBC Bitesize

A theme is an idea that runs throughout a text. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the themes of family, honesty and trust, and braving the unknown are explored.

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In this video we look at three of the key themes of the text so that as we look at the text in more detail you can understand some of the ideas we want to be drawing out.

LitCharts Theme Wheel

The Theme Wheel visualizes all of A curious incident of the dog in the night-time's themes and plot points on one page.

How does the Theme Wheel work?

  • Each wedge of the blue ring represents a scene.
  • Each row of colored boxes extending from a wedge represents a part of the scene. The closer to the blue ring, the closer to the beginning of the scene.
  • The colors in each row indicate which themes are “active” in that part of the scene.

The Theme Wheel is interactive.

  • Themes: Hover over or tap any of the themes in the Themes and Colors Key to show only that theme. Click a theme in the Themes Key to lock it.
  • Summary: Hover over or tap any row of colored boxes to read the summary associated with that row. Click the row to lock the summary.