In this essay I will analyze the autistic protagonist Christopher, from Mark Haddon's book The Curious Incident of Dog in Midnight (2003). It will examine Christopher's inability to understand people's emotions, reactions and behavior. Christopher demonstrated a list of characteristics that may suggest signs of Asperger's Syndrome (ASD). In this essay, I will also highlight the events that occurred in Christopher's life while he was investigating the mysterious death of his neighbor's dog. As this event unfolded, he was confronted with multiple challenges and how his needs were shaped accordingly by these events. I will also link and refer to the work of different educational psychologists on the protagonist. Throughout Mark Haddon's book (The Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight, 2003). Christopher describes himself as a logical thinker, who enjoys solving puzzles. So he turns to his favorite logical character, Sherlock Holmes, and decides to investigate and find the dog's real killer. For Christopher, this puzzle must be solved. His character may reflect an individual tendency, unable to generalize appropriately and prone to learning a set of rules in a given situation. This is related to one of the behavioral difficulties of an ASD child, because this investigation has caused many problems for Christopher, for example, he does not like to talk for a long time with people or to be touched. Although it could be suggested that Christopher's behavior could have shown, according to Freud (1923), that it was his ID (initial request) who wanted to investigate the killing of the dog. Freud further explains that the id is the instinctive part of our personality. He desired whatever felt good in that moment, without any consideration for the reality of the middle of paper... and Christopher's experience and that heartfelt feeling, the true meaning of the words has a lasting effect. Works Cited Haddon , M. (2003) The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time: Two-Day Division of the Random House• Ainsworth, M. Blehar, M (1978) Attachment Model. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.• Adler, (1948) Studies in analytical psychology. New York: Norton• Bowlby, J. (1988) A secure foundation: parent-child attachment and healthy human development. New York: Basic Books.• Pound, L (2007) How Children Learn. London: Step forward Publishing Limited. • Kagan, J (1994) textbook of developmental psychopathy. New York: Plenum Press• Lorenz, S (1998) Children with Down syndrome. London: Fulton Publishes.• Amalodoss, K. (2006) Supporting children with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream schools. London: David Fulton.