Literature Curious Incident January, 2023

jf Comparison to Movie Rain Man (1988)

Movie Plot Synopsis:
Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), a self-centered businessman from Los Angeles, has just
discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman). Their father has
recently died and bequeathed1 $3 million to Raymond’s caretaker. Charlie, who was estranged
from his father, has been cut out of the will2.
Charlie’s business is not going well, and he hopes to get a portion of the inheritance 3 if he
can manage to gain legal custody4 of Raymond. Charlie takes Raymond out of the home
where he has lived nearly all of his life, and the film shows their journey across the country to
Charlie’s home in L.A.
Along the way, Raymond’s autistic behavior first pushes Charlie to the limits of his
patience...and then pulls him completely outside of his self-centered world.

Task:
Briefly summarize what happened in each excerpt:
1.charlie finds out that he has a brother and tries understand him with his autism(maybe for
money)

2.he still thinks about the exact order how the day should go and be and everything needs to
be exact like it should be.
He’s bookless

3.custody battle because Charlie wants 1.5 mil dollars

Ray can count extremely fast and precise
He can memories the telephone book

Discussion:
1. What do the book and the movie have in common?
They both have important characters that are autistic
Someone or thing died

2. What parallels are there between Raymond Babbitt (movie), Christopher Boone (book) and
Stephen Wiltshire (real; the man who drew NYC)? Think about habits, behavior, abilities,
language, reactions, etc.
Very good memory. Need whi

1 vererben
2 he didn’t get anything of his father’s wealth
3 Erbe
4 Sorgerecht