(Haddon 15).
1. Why does Christopher say a metaphor is a lie (Haddon 15)?
2. How does he respond to metaphors?
3. What does this help us understand about his perspective and experiences?
In Chapter 19, Christopher uses a simile to compare prime numbers to life: "Prime numbers are what is
left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical
but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them" (Haddon 12).
4. What does Christopher suggest life and prime numbers have in common?
5. Why does Christopher say "a simile is not a lie unless it is a bad simile" (Haddon 17)?
6. How can putting two different things into relation with each other help us achieve deeper
understandings?
7. How do you think Christopher defines the word logical? How do YOU define the word logical?