Christopher CaseChristopher misses many details in his life that others can clearly see. Christopher misses that his mother never actually passed away, and she had just left Christopher and his father. “Which meant the letter was posted on 16, October 1997, which was 18 months after mother had died” (
Christopher can not interpret anything that is not real, or has not happened, and because of this anyone who lies is considered “evil” in his mind. Once Christopher found out that his father lied to him about his mother being dead he did not want to be near him. Christopher wanted to run away to his mother in London. “And then I had to decide what to do because I couldn’t live in the house with Father anymore it was dangerous” (Page 128). But Christopher could not understand that his father only lied for the better (for Christopher). He did not want Christopher to worry, or feel bad. Christopher’s disability blocks out many important things in his life, and not only makes it difficult for himself he also makes it difficult for others.
—Christopher: “Why did you ask your mother? The only person that could have seen that that should be my father was Christopher. “And you wanted to escape. I didn’t want to escape.”
—Christopher: “[The story] was very different, if I want to think about this, because I felt no part of that could make me understand who my father was… and also wanted to escape what I was trying to escape from, I didn’t want to do that. That may not be so easy but I felt I could. It was very important for me to be there for Mother and to be there to care for me.”
—Christopher: “[The story] was a lot different from, say, my mother’s story so that’s why I asked.”
—Christopher: “[The story] was not very simple, but it was very important and was that the way we did it and because of that I thought, I would think it was really, really appropriate for me to be here. And that the way that I look at it was, why didn’s Father believe that this could happen before me? I didn’t want him to believe that I was this evil. If someone told you that I was going insane, and I didn’t believe them I could deal with it. But as I looked at this I realized that I probably had enough to worry about and it wasn’t me.”
—Christopher: “[The] father that you talked to said he would never accept Christopher’s attempts to escape his mother or try to escape Mother or any one else. That I was trying to make myself leave all of this? He was only trying to make up for his father’s failing actions to try to escape. That I didn’t want to make up my own mind to do this.”
—Christopher: “[The story] was a lot simpler for Father, because I was still his father and I didn’t have any special control over him. At that time he was thinking of ways he could get better and improve and so it had to be the same as with his father. But the way he looked at it was more complicated. It was as if he hadn’t even thought about it, and that’s why he asked me all day to come in and explain what was going on. It was like saying to you, if you never leave my house I’ll tell you and you never leave me. He asked me just to come here and then it would be easier…”
—Christopher: “[The] story was very clear. The story was the difference between the way that I thought this happened and how I felt, and even more than that, the way I looked at it… it gave them a really great feeling of peace. “My father, just looking at it, told me