Wonder Character Analysis

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In the book, Wonder by R.J Palacio, 16 year old Olivia “Via” Pullman is resilient. Some things that support this is she is protective and very smart. Via knows her brother, August “Auggie” Pullman, needs lots of attention. Via hopes that someday she will get the attention he gets. She is selfless because she always cares about everybody besides herself. Via is protective of her brother in every way. Some evidence for this is when she doesn’t tell her parents that her boyfriend, Justin, is in the play that is coming up. She does this because she does not want Auggie to come to the play. Via knows that none of the kids at the school have ever seen Auggie before, so it’s a clean slate to start over on. Via knows that if Auggie comes to the school play, people will be whispering about her behind her back. Secondly, once Via and Auggie were younger and they were in the park getting ice cream. Jack Will, his younger brother Jamie, and their babysitter, Veronica were walking past them and Jamie asked if Auggie had a halloween mask on. Veronica and Jack quickly pushed Jamie past them. Jamie kept on asking questions about Auggie’s face as they went away. Via gave him a stare that made him silent. Via knew her brother didn’t know about Jack, but she still remembers it. She …show more content…

For instance, she is reading War and Peace. War and Peace is a huge book meant for 11th graders and it’s 587,287 words. She wanted to go on the subway alone to school, but her mom said no. Defending her, Via’s dad said she is reading War and Peace, that she is responsible and smart enough. In addition, she doesn’t ask for help in any of her high school subjects. Via is smart enough to not have any help. I also think that she doesn’t ask for help with stuff, because Auggie has been in the hospital many times and it doesn’t seem fair to ask for help when his tiny body is hooked up to many IV tubes. This all shows that Via is smart and very

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