The first thing that reminded me of Christopher was when Lexi began to shut down when she would go into a crowd of people, such as a playground. Lexi would start to ignore her mom when she would call her name if she was in a crowd of people. This situation is similar to when Christopher went into a store with his mom and he crouched down on the floor and went into his "own world". Going into his "own world" reminds me of Henry from the movie. Henry and Christopher are both very intelligent when it comes to remembering facts but they also both tend to shut down and go into they're own worlds. When they go into their own worlds they shut everyone out and keep to themselves. They both will listen to you but they will ignore you and not talk to you as well. These two children remind me of Christopher in a few ways but one character from the movie was extremely important to me, that was Wyatt.
In the book Christopher was all about getting an A in his "maths" classes and believes he is smart and can be in a higher level math. As for Wyatt, he believes he is smart enough to the point where he can be in a mainstream class. Also, Wyatt does not like loud noises and seems to care about others. When I noticed Wyatt cared, it reminded me of when Christopher cared about the dog and who killed him. He didn't believe it was fair that someone killed him and this is very similar to Wyatt.
After watching the movie I feel a lot more educated on Autism. I understand the levels of Autism and how serious it can be. The movie also shows that even with Autism kids can do so many things and this helps me see life from Christopher's point of view a lot more better than before I watched the movie.
This is some really nice writing. My only suggestion is to clarify the first body paragraph--Henry gets thrown in there a little abruptly in the middle. A sub claim that includes him would help the reader follow the paragraph.
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