In his review of The Curious Incident, Jay McInerney suggests that at the novel’s end "the gulf between Christopher and his parents, between Christopher and the rest of us, remains immense and mysterious. And that gulf is ultimately the source of this novel’s haunting impact. Christopher Boone is an unsolved mystery" [The New York Times Book Review, 6/15/03, p. 5)]. Is this an accurate assessment? If so, why?

In Jay McInerney’s review of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” he makes an accurate assessment as it is very true that the gulf between Christopher and his parents, and the rest of us is immense. There are multiple examples that show his mysteriousness like when he touches his fathers fingers with his to simulate a hug in their terms. Another example is when his father makes sure no food is touching each other on Christopher’s plate which most parents do not do as it is a very uncommon issue. Christopher is such a different kid then most of the other children his age and his relationship with his parents is that much more unique. Even when he found out about the affair of his parents he showed no real emotion, he didn’t even get angry or sad which a normal kid would be quite upset about. Also he showed very little emotion when he was told his mother died whereas a normal child would be devastated! There are many more examples that could be stated but Christopher Boone is truly an unsolved mystery as there is no telling how he will react to the things around him.

the answer is

r ≈5.641

plug in the area of 100 yards into the equation

100=

divide each side by pi

≈ 31.8309=

take the square root of each side to find r

=r

r ≈5.641

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).