Curious Dog #2

He said, "where have you been?"

and I said, "I have been out." This is called a white lie. A white lie is not a lie at all. It is where you tell the truth but you do not tell all of the truth. This means that everything you say is a white lie because when someone says, for example, "What do you want to do today?" you say, "I want to do painting with Mrs. Peters, " but you don't say, "I want to have my lunch and i want to go to the toilet and I want to go home after school and I want to play with Toby and I want to have my supper and I want to play on my computer and I want to go to bed." And I said a white lie because I knew that Father didn't want me to be a detective(48)."

I picked this passage because not only does it help the reader understand how Christopher's mind operates, It also helps in characterizing him. As this book progresses you begin to understand that Christopher is very different from every one else and that because of this he gets into trouble more often than not. He often views and uses things differently than us like a white lie for instance. However, even though Christopher differences from other people some times get him in trouble I am willing to bet that he will solve the mystery of Wellington the dog's murder only because he sees and views everything differently.