Connor Brooks, Post 2

Something I think people got the wrong impression from the last post is that Christopher’s incredible abilities would make his life easy and fun. However, more often than not his autism is a hindrance to him. One aspect of Christopher that makes me feel sorry for him is his lack of common sense. He is really smart, but he can’t quite grasp what exactly he should be doing or not doing, which is really sad to me.
When Christopher is at the train station and is missing Toby, he decides to jump down onto the train tracks to find him, when the next train is coming in less than 4 minutes. He also shows this when he resists the numerous police officers in the book. This lack of common sense is very saddening to me.