Is my The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time book report good so far?Are there any grammar problems

Is my The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time book report good so far?Are there any grammar problems
Here is what I wrote so far(this is just my intro and body. The body is not done yet.): The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel, by Mark Haddon, is about the life of a young, arithmeticially- gifted autistic teenager named Christopher John Francis Boone; who lives in Swindon, Wiltshire. One night he discovers a dead dog, stabbed with a garden fork, of his neighbor, Mrs. Shears, and gets arrested for assualting a police officer. Christopher decides to play detective and sets out to find out who killed Wellington. But there are obstacles that will make the case hard for him to solve: he has an inability to link with others and his father orders him to keep his nose out of people's business. Also he cannot read facial expressions- this will make the case for him even harder to solve; but he understands his liabilities. His mother dies of a heart attack two years later, leaving his father, Ed Boone, child custody of his son. Christopher decides to write a book about his investigation for school, the one we read as a novel. He also prepares for his A- level math exam, which never happened in his school before. Christopher starts his detective work by asking some people in his street if they saw anyone kill Wellington or saw anything strange happening in the street on the night of Wellington's death. He finds out from his neighbor, Mrs. Alexander, that his mom Judy had an affair with Mrs. Shears husband, Mr. Shears. His father Ed finds out about Christopher's book and gets into a fight with him. In the next day, Ed apologizes to his son by taking him to the Twycross Zoo. Christopher wanted his book back because he liked writing in it; so he searched for it around his house. He discovers it in a shirt box in his father's room, and letters from his mom. He read them and finds out that his mother isn't dead but living with Mr. Shears in London, England. She ran away with Mr. Shears two years ago, incapable to care for Christopher any longer. This makes him hurt and causes to swoon. Christopher's father apologizes for lying to him that his mother his dead. He also tells him that he killed Wellington because of his stultifying beserk towards Mrs. Shears, whom he thought a romantic relationship was possible with. Christopher then gets afraid of his father, thinking that it is possible that he might get murdered himself like Wellington.So he hides in the shed that night and decides to live with his mother in London, England. With such hardship and fear, he took the train to London, flinging off the police twice along the way.However, taking the train was traumatic for him, and he nearly lost his pet rat Toby in one of the tracks. His mother gets surprised when she sees Christopher in front of her door and and gets even more surprised that he didn't think that she was dead for the whole time. *I wrote mini pieces of info as I read my book and put them together into my book report that I'm writing for school. I have to turn it in on the first day.
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'...he has an inability to link with others' would work better as "he has difficulty socializing with others" "Christopher decides to write a book about his investigation for school, the one we read as a novel." - everything after that, I think you should just delete and rewrite. This is a book report, so you're allowed to generalize things - getting too much into detail, explaining every scene gets too tedious for the reader. If you just write about the events that really impacted him; like when he runs to his mother because he's afraid of his father, going underground for the first time, and then some character insight, you'll be fine. I think you should really write about the relationship between Christopher and his parents somewhere in the middle, too. I adore this book, it's definitely one of my top five. Great choice for a book report.
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There are a few grammar problems (run ons, cut offs, awkward wording in general), and using spell check is a good idea! The first time you introduce a character, it should be by name, comma, identification (or the other way around). I agree with the other reviewer that anything after the first paragraph should be rewritten. You really need to look at the most traumatizing moments for Christopher on his journey, the beginning (finding the dog), the climax, and the resolution. His autism is a major theme of this book, which you also need to look at-- his quirks, how it affects his vision of the world in relation to other children his age.

I'm thinking of studying over in New Zealand

I'm thinking of studying over in New Zealand?
I'm a student from Australia, currently doing the HSC. However I have family over in Wellington and I plan to move in with them after I have finished the HSC in Australia. I wish to go to university in Wellington to study psychology full time, but I'm not sure if I am able to juggle doing full time psychology and work. Are there any student welfare benefits I can receive, and as far as living in New Zealand and university life, is there any helpful information I should know? Thankyou
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As an Australian you would not qualify for New Zealand assistance financially.They are also going to make it a 2 year wait for immigrants before they can apply for a student loan...which has to be repaid. Australia already has this regulation.Jobs....you will be competing with all the other school and uni students so may or may not get a part time job. As far as juggling work and job....all the students I knew including my own children worked as well as studying. You do need to try and get a flexible job if possible....but jobs are harder at the moment with the economic downturn.

Can anyone help, my book was lost in my moving from 1 state to another

Can anyone help, my book was lost in my moving from 1 state to another?
1. The “Reign of Terror” is associated with what country? A. Germany C. France B. Italy D. Britain 2. The economic policy of giving a business total control of its development is called A. laissez-faire. C. mercantilism. B. socialism. D. free trade. 3. The concepts in the Declaration of Independence are based on the ideas of the philosopher A. Descartes. C. Smith. B. Hobbes. D. Locke. 4. The phrase “mother country” is best associated with the economic philosophy known as A. capitalism. C. mercantilism. B. laissez-faire. D. socialism. 5. The first European in America to see the Pacific Ocean was A. Balboa. C. Magellan. B. Drake. D. Cartier. 6. The scientist who first studied the world of microscopic life was A. Kepler. C. Copernicus. B. Bacon. D. Leeuwenhoek. 7. The outstanding city of the Italian Renaissance was A. Milan. C. Turin. B. Rome. D. Florence. 8. The author of The Princewas A. Machiavelli. C. Montaigne. B. Descartes. D. Locke. 9. The “George Washington” of South America was A. O’Higgins. C. Bolivar. B. San Martin. D. Maximilian. 10. Universal suffrage was achieved in Britain in the year A. 1832. C. 1918. B. 1875. D. 1928. 11. The Fifth French Republic was initiated by A. Louis XIV. C. Napoleon I. B. Napoleon III. D. de Gaulle. 12. “Blood and Iron” was the political and economic policy of A. Frederick the Great. C. Kaiser William I. B. Bismarck. D. Hitler. 13. The founder of the “Young Italy” movement was A. Gioberti. C. Garibaldi. B. Mazzini. D. Cavour. 14. The “sick man of Europe” was a term applied to A. Hitler. C. Turkey. B. Bismarck. D. Italy. 15. The Hundred Years’War was a struggle between A. France and England. C. France and Germany. B. Germany and Russia. D. Russia and England. 16. The Ptolemaic theory of the universe was disproved by A. Kepler. C. Newton. B. Descartes. D. Copernicus. 17. The first writer to produce a significant work in a vernacular (national) language was A. Erasmus. C. Dante. B. Milton. D. Shakespeare. 18. Which of the following leaders is described as an enlightened despot? A. Frederick the Great C. Bismarck B. Napoleon D. Henry VIII 19. The second expedition to circle the globe was led by A. Magellan. C. Hudson. B. Drake. D. Cabot. 20. The cornerstone of English democracy is the document known as the A. Declaration of Independence. C. Petition of Rights. B. Rights of Man. D. Magna Carta. 21. The philosopher most often associated with defending absolutism in government was A. Locke. C. Hobbes. B. Calvin. D. Descartes. 22. The first emperor of France was A. Napoleon. C. Martel. B. Louis XIV. D. Charlemagne. 23. Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by armies under A. Alexander I. C. Bismarck. B. Metternich. D. Wellington. 24. The ruler who stated “I am the State” was A. Louis XIV. C. Napoleon. B. Frederick the Great. D. Catherine the Great. 25. The Protestant Reformation started primarily because of the action of A. Knox. C. Loyola. B. Calvin. D. Luther.
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Just look on wikipedia or some other website for these names and terms. You'll find them faster yourself than someone else finding them for you and transferring them to you. These facts should be fairly easy to search for quickly.
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Was it the big book of Quizzes? I know most of these off the top of my head... they should be very easy to find.

my The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime book report! Help me with it plz

my The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime book report! Help me with it plz?
Im done with my book report, but I need help with it. I need some help with putting drama vocabulary in it so that i could adapt to my art, which is drama; Im having a little trouble with that. Any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated. Here is my book report: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time By Mark Haddon Have you ever wondered what an autistic child thinks? Or how they act compared to normal humans? If so, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time is a book you would want to read! This book lets you take a glimpse of an autistic child’s mind and characteristics. Written in a form of a novel by an arithmetically- gifted autistic teenager named Christopher John Francis Boone, this story lets us experience a bittersweet journey of a self- discovery of him finding the world the most confusing place to be. I will represent this book by adapting it to my art, which is drama. Why? Because drama is the art that I am majoring in and I want to let my creativity and imagination flow in this book report. One night on the lawn of Christopher Boone’s neighbor, Mrs. Shears, Christopher discovers a dead poodle, Wellington that was penetrated by a garden fork. The police officer came and asked him if he killed Wellington. Christopher couldn’t answer the questions because they were coming at him so fast. He rolled back onto the lawn and pressed his forehead to the ground and groaned and the policeman touched him. Because Christopher does not liked to be touched, he assaults the police officer and gets arrested as the result. After his release, Christopher decides to play detective. He loves Sherlock Holmes but does not like the person who created him. Christopher sets out to find out who killed Wellington. But, there are obstacles that surround him. His father orders him to keep his nose out of people’s business. As an autistic, he has a difficulty socializing with others. Also he cannot read facial expressions which will make it even harder to solve the case. However, he understands his liabilities. Because he likes murder mystery novels, he decides to write a book about Wellington’s death and his detective work to solve the mystery; the one we read as a novel. He starts his detective work by asking some people that live in his street if they saw anyone kill Wellington or saw anything happening in the street on the night of Wellington’s death. During his questioning with his neighbors, he found out from Mrs. Alexander that his mom, Judy, had an affair with Mrs. Shears’s formal husband, Mr. Shears. Christopher’s father, Ed Boone, told Christopher that his mother died of a heart attack two years ago and left Christopher in Ed’s custody. One day, Ed discovers Christopher’s book and gets into a fight with Christopher for sticking his nose into other people’s business. Afterward, Christopher wanted to get his book back because he liked writing in it, so he went searching for it around his house. When he finally discovers it in a shirt box in his father’s room, he also discovers letters from his mom and read them. He realizes that his mom wasn’t dead as his father claimed but living in London with Mr. Shears. She ran away with Mr. Shears two years ago, no longer capable to care for Christopher. He developed pain, which caused him to black out. When Ed discovers Christopher reading the letter, Ed told him that he was very sorry and explained why he didn’t what to tell Christopher that his mom wasn’t dead. Ed said that he never meant to hurt Christopher in any way. Ed also confessed that he was the one who killed Wellington. Mrs. Shears used to care for Ed, Christopher, and their house. Ed and Mrs. Shears were really good friends, until they had an argument one day. Ed thought that Mrs. Shears cared more for her poodle than for Ed and Christopher, so he killed Wellington. His dad’s confession scared Christopher and he thought that he murdered too. So he hid in the shed that night and decides to live with his mother in London, England. With fears and difficulty, he took the train to London, flinging off the police twice so he can avoid being captured and get returned to his dad. However, taking the train was traumatic for him because there were crowds of people and loud noise filled the air. He also almost lost his pet rat Toby. His mother Judy gets surprised when she sees him waiting for her at the door. As the story goes on, she decides to leave her long-time lover and returns home in Swindon with her son. After returning home from Swindon, Christopher returns to a more stable life. He and his mother Judy find themselves a new home as she continues to care for Christopher. Christopher stays with his dad in the daytime when his mother goes to work. When his pet rat Toby dies of old age, Ed gives him a two-month-old golden retriever as a way to regain Christopher’s trust. Christopher named the dog Sandy. Christopher takes his A- level exam and g
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First of all, I would not use "normal humans". Maybe humans who do not have this condition, or anything like that, because normality and abnormality are such terms that are hard to put into some limits, and "normal humans" actually sounds like an insult to autists. arithmetically- gifted - also doesn't sound too well. Maybe gifted in mathematics, or something like that. And about the report itself - it is just a retelling of the story. Maybe you should choose a topic from the book and explore it deeper? Like family relationships [how can a mother leave her child?], how Christopher perceives this world, how he ignores to see and understand the tragedy of his family? Is it fair how the author ends the story? There are really many controversial things in this story.