The film "Autism: The Musical" gave great insight on how Christopher deals with his life on a day to day basis. Personally I feel that Christopher and Wyatt had the most in common. Wyatt and Christopher seemed to have some similar characteristics. In the movie Wyatt seemed to be one of the more intelligent children in the film. In the novel Chris is very good at "maths" and is trying to get out special needs classes as is Wyatt. There were other characters that reminded me of Christopher such as Lexi. Lexi was rather quiet and didn't speak unless being spoken to. This reminded me of when Chris didn't want to go into his neighbors house because he did not know her well enough. While watching the film I noticed that Henry was very random. This reminded me a lot of Christopher because it seems like every other chapter in the novel there is a random story or reasoning he has for doing something.
Overall the movie helped me understand Chris and autism a little more. Before the film I felt that autistic children were good at looking at things logically but lacked some of the emotional capabilities. After watching film I learned why Chris never wanted to be hugged,autistic children don't like being touched,and why he felt confused and upset as to why is father would lie to him. Christopher views things in black or white and right and wrong. Watching children like Chris made it easier to understand what Christopher thinks about and the actions he does as I read the novel.
This is a nice post--you did a good job of supporting the claim that many of the children connected to Christopher in the ways they dealt with day-to-day activities. A small connection is to transition between the different pieces of evidence in the first paragraph by returning to the claim. For example, "There are other characters that had similar ways of dealing with daily activities, such as Lexi and Henry." That connects the evidence at the end of the paragraph with the claim and with the information that's to come about Lexi and Henry. You've done some very nice work.
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