Wonder By R J Palacio Character Analysis

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Literary Essay on Wonder CLI believe that the character Jack Will from the novel Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, is brave. I believe Jack is brave because he he doesn’t care what other people think, chooses August over popularity, and he stands up for August. R1Jack doesn’t care what other people think. R1:1 EVFirst of all, he doesn’t care because he is friends with Auggie despite his looks.R1:1 ev EX He doesn’t care that other people label him, he just acts as a true friend to August. R1:2 EVAlso, he just downright ignores bullies.R1:2 ev EX I mean, he is like, ‘sup, and the bullies are like hahaha, you’re friends with the freak! And he’s like, is there a problem with that? R1:3 EVThe last reason is that Jack acts like nothing is happening when someone is teasing him.R1:3 ev EX He doesn’t tell any teachers or react, he just stays cool and collected.R1 That is why he doesn’t care what other people think. …show more content…

R2:1 EVFirst of all, he chooses to be August’s friend instead of everyone else’s.R2:1 ev EX He willingly chose to be August’s friend instead of being really high up on the food chain. R2:2 EVNext, Jack gets bullied by the popular people instead of being popular himself and letting August take the brunt of the bullying.R2:2 ev EX That is extremely brave and selfless of him. R2:3 EVThe last reason that Jack chooses August over popularity is that he picks August instead of anyone else in the school to be his best friend.R2:3 ev EX Jack does this just for August’s sake, he chooses him over basically everyone.R2 That is another of many reasons Jack is

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