Wonder By R. J. Palacio Essay

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My book was “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio, which was a fictional book about a 10 year old boy with severe facial deformities named August, or Auggie, and his journey in entering the harsh environment of middle school for the first time. August lives in a Manhattan home with his two parents and sister in modern day times. In the start of August’s journey, August is accepting the fact that after years of being in the comfort of his own home, he needs to step out of his comfort zone and go to middle school, which his mom had been encouraging him to do. Although August is aware that he will more than likely experience bullying at middle school, as he has his whole life, he still develops enough courage to go in hopes of experiencing life as a normal kid. As expected, in the start of August’s time in middle school, he gets bullied by other kids by receiving stares of disgust, exclusion, and even some physical bullying, all because of his facial deformities. However, August was resilient and decided to stay in middle school despite how hard it may have been. As August made his way through his first year of middle school, he gradually started to develope friends once people noticed his sense of humor, intelligence, and kindness. Towards the end of the …show more content…

Characters that were well involved in August’s life each had a chapter to share their point of view into August’s life and their own. For example, August’s sister, Via, shares her point of view of her experience about growing up with a brother that has severe deformities. Via confides in how she has unconditional love for her brother, but at times felt as if the world focused on him instead of her, which made her feel slightly excluded within her family. Other points of view in Wonder included August’s friends and Via’s friends, in which their views also helped emphasize what would go through people’s minds when interacting with

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