Using this example as a blueprint for jokes, Christopher tells us that there won't be any jokes in his novel, at least of this sort. This is a joke made by Christopher's father that Christopher repeats to us. His face was drawn but the curtains were real. Also like him, prime numbers do not fit in with a typical or easy pattern - they are difficult to identify and they are a rule unto no one.

He does not choose prime numbers because they have significance for someone else, like his name meaning carrying Christ. I want my name to mean me.'Д®qually, Christopher chooses to give his chapters prime numbers because he likes them: they mean something to him. Prime numbers is what is left when you have taken all the patterns away Christopher, p.15Д¬hristopher says in Chapter 29 that his name means carrying Christ and he says 'I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful.

Having some sound allows him to feel connected to the world, because he knows that by hearing the sound, he exists in the world. p.130, ChristopherД¬hristopher likes white noise because it blocks out the sound of other things happening in the world. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

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