What is the role of science in The Third Policeman? How might the problems or solutions offered by scientific advancements in the novel mirror those occurring in the real world at the time O’Brien wrote the novel?
1. What is the role of science in The Third Policeman? How might the problems or solutions offered by scientific advancements in the novel mirror those occurring in the real world at the time O’Brien wrote the novel?

2. How does The Third Policeman explore the concept of reason?

3. Mark Haddon has written of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time:

“Curious Incident is not a book about Asperger’s. It’s a novel whose central character describes himself as ‘a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties.’ Indeed he never uses the words ‘Asperger’s’ or ‘autism’ (I slightly regret that fact that the word ‘Asperger’s’ was used on the cover). If anything it’s a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way. It’s as much a novel about us as it is about Christopher.”

Haddon, Mark. “Asperger’s & Autism.” Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, 16 July 2009. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.

Is The Curious Incident a book about Aperger’s or autism? How important are the traits of Asperger’s and autism to the novel?

4. Discuss the relationship between truth and fear in one of the two novels.

5. Discuss the relationship between thinking and writing in one of the two novels.

6. What function do patterns and repetition have in the two texts?

What is the role of science in The Third Policeman? How might the problems or solutions offered by scientific advancements in the novel mirror those occurring in the real world at the time O’Brien wrote the novel?
1. What is the role of science in The Third Policeman? How might the problems or solutions offered by scientific advancements in the novel mirror those occurring in the real world at the time O’Brien wrote the novel?

2. How does The Third Policeman explore the concept of reason?

3. Mark Haddon has written of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time:

“Curious Incident is not a book about Asperger’s. It’s a novel whose central character describes himself as ‘a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties.’ Indeed he never uses the words ‘Asperger’s’ or ‘autism’ (I slightly regret that fact that the word ‘Asperger’s’ was used on the cover). If anything it’s a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way. It’s as much a novel about us as it is about Christopher.”

Haddon, Mark. “Asperger’s & Autism.” Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, 16 July 2009. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.

Is The Curious Incident a book about Aperger’s or autism? How important are the traits of Asperger’s and autism to the novel?

4. Discuss the relationship between truth and fear in one of the two novels.

5. Discuss the relationship between thinking and writing in one of the two novels.

6. What function do patterns and repetition have in the two texts?

What is the role of science in The Third Policeman? How might the problems or solutions offered by scientific advancements in the novel mirror those occurring in the real world at the time O’Brien wrote the novel?
1. What is the role of science in The Third Policeman? How might the problems or solutions offered by scientific advancements in the novel mirror those occurring in the real world at the time O’Brien wrote the novel?

2. How does The Third Policeman explore the concept of reason?

3. Mark Haddon has written of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time:

“Curious Incident is not a book about Asperger’s. It’s a novel whose central character describes himself as ‘a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties.’ Indeed he never uses the words ‘Asperger’s’ or ‘autism’ (I slightly regret that fact that the word ‘Asperger’s’ was used on the cover). If anything it’s a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way. It’s as much a novel about us as it is about Christopher.”

Haddon, Mark. “Asperger’s & Autism.” Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, 16 July 2009. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.

Is The Curious Incident a book about Aperger’s or autism? How important are the traits of Asperger’s and autism to the novel?

4. Discuss the relationship between truth and fear in one of the two novels.

5. Discuss the relationship between thinking and writing in one of the two novels.

6. What function do patterns and repetition have in the two texts?