Auggie is the main character in Wonder. Auggie his whole life had struggled with his disability of having many facial deformities. He is an interesting character and Wonder has allowed the reader to see how things are from his perspective of things and also throws in the perspectives of the other characters. Auggie as a person changed throughout the story greatly. Both mentally and physically.
At the beginning of the book Auggie was a shy, insecure, and introverted character. He was a home body and had no true friends except for his dog, Daisy. He also did not attend a regular school and got homeschooled by his mom instead. The reason he was this way was because he was letting his facial deformities define him and they way he lived
his life. He didn’t want to be stared at or asked all these questions about why he looked the way he did. He was to afraid to face all of that so it affected his personality and the way he acted. At the beginning of the story Auggie states, “If I found a magic lamp and could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing” (page #3).This statement Auggie makes demonstrates how he is ashamed of how other people see him, how he wishes that he could change the way he looked so everyone would just see him as an ordinary ten year old. That was the way Auggie acted at the beginning of the book. But, by the end Auggie transformed. He broke out of introverted shell and started to make friends that were loyal to him. He made the decision to attend the private school his parents wanted him to attend. This turned out being a positive impact on Auggie’s social and mental behaviors and actions. Towards the end of the book Auggie’s school gives out awards to wrap up the school year. Mr. Tushman the school's principal is ready to give out the final award and this is what he says. “Without further ado, this year I am very proud to award the Henry Ward Beecher Medal to the student whose quiet strength has carried up the most hearts. So will August Pullman please come up here to receive this award” (page 304). This quote shows how Auggie changed and had a powerful impact on people. He stopped caring what others thought and just focused on living his life and being as kind to everyone as possible. This award is a big honor and it only goes to someone that makes a difference in the school and demonstrates something important. And Auggie did just that with his kindness and proving that it doesn't matter what you look like or the disabilities you have it matters what's inside. In conclusion Wonder demonstrated the amazing and dramatic change that one young boy August Pullman went through and the struggles he had to overcome throughout the story to do so. He started out shy, insecure, and afraid of embracing the life he was given, but he ended up finishing the story being a new, confident, and changed person who wasn’t afraid of what other people thought of him. This evidence helps support and show how his personality and the way he thought about himself and others transformed by the end of the book. The way this transformation in Auggie can relate to the real world is because he is sending an important message that it doesn’t matter what you look like or if you are different from others what matters is that you focus on being kind, generous, and don’t put yourself down. It matters what’s on the inside rather than your appearance. Nobody should judge someone based on what they look like they should base them off of their personality and the way they treat others and treat them self.
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