A Literary Essay
Based on the Book
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
In the
book Wonder, Auggie has to overcome challenges because of his facial deformity.
August is being bullied because of his face. The gist of the story I think is
Don't judge a boy by his face. I think that is important because you should not
be mean to someone because they have a facial deformity. You should instead
judge them by their character. I wonder why the kids made fun of him. He never
provoked them or anything. I think that they were just trying to be mean.
Throughout the story, August was bullied because of his facial deformity. Some people at his camp especially made fun of humble cause of his face. For example, on page 266 at the top, Eddie said, “What happened to your face?" At the bottom of the page, he also said, “Are you talking to me, Freddie Kruger? I don't think you want to mess with me, you ugly freak." This shows that August was made fun of because some people couldn't control themselves and acted very rude. The cause was because they were making fun of his face. Auggie didn't resort to violence, he didn't even make Eddie pay a fine!
Also in the story, most of the boys in 5th grade that were friends with Julian turned on him because of Julian. For example, on page 170, Charlotte explained why not many people were talking to him. The author writes,"...Anyway, so basically what happened at the party was that Julian went around telling everyone that you punched him because you had emotional problems..." This shows that Julian basically caused the boys to turn on them. Julian is the main problem of this part of the story. I wonder why Julian doesn’t like Auggie. He is always mean and rude to him and Jack. Maybe it was because on page 154, Jack punched Julian in the mouth. The author writes, “We could have been partners. You don’t have to be friends with that freak if you don’t want to be, you know....” After Julian said that, Jack punched him in the mouth. Julian was the problem of that situation too.
Throughout the story, August was bullied because of his facial deformity. Some people at his camp especially made fun of humble cause of his face. For example, on page 266 at the top, Eddie said, “What happened to your face?" At the bottom of the page, he also said, “Are you talking to me, Freddie Kruger? I don't think you want to mess with me, you ugly freak." This shows that August was made fun of because some people couldn't control themselves and acted very rude. The cause was because they were making fun of his face. Auggie didn't resort to violence, he didn't even make Eddie pay a fine!
Also in the story, most of the boys in 5th grade that were friends with Julian turned on him because of Julian. For example, on page 170, Charlotte explained why not many people were talking to him. The author writes,"...Anyway, so basically what happened at the party was that Julian went around telling everyone that you punched him because you had emotional problems..." This shows that Julian basically caused the boys to turn on them. Julian is the main problem of this part of the story. I wonder why Julian doesn’t like Auggie. He is always mean and rude to him and Jack. Maybe it was because on page 154, Jack punched Julian in the mouth. The author writes, “We could have been partners. You don’t have to be friends with that freak if you don’t want to be, you know....” After Julian said that, Jack punched him in the mouth. Julian was the problem of that situation too.
By the
end of the story, the school was treating August like a normal person! They
were not mean to him at all, they were actually nice! Except for Julian. For
example, on page 305 at the middle, people told August,"way to go,
Auggie!" They also chanted,"Aug-gie! Aug-gie! Aug-gie!" This
shows that the school was being nice to Aug-gie. Most of them were but
now everyone is nice to Auggie!
This essay shows that
August has to overcome challenges to reach happiness. This theme relates to the
world because a lot of people have to overcome challenges to reach
happiness.
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