August Pullman, from the book,“Wonder”, written by R.J. Palacio, is 10 years old and lives with his mother, father, sister Via, and dog Daisy. August was born with an abnormal face which led him to be made fun of. Because his mother wanted to protect him, she homeschooled him through 4th grade. Now at the age of 10, going into 5th grade, August, otherwise known as Auggie, would be attending public school for the first time. Auggie, has many important traits including his sense of humor, bravery, and kindness. To begin, Auggie’s first trait is his sense of humor. The first example of Auggie’s sense of humor is when Auggie’s’ father and mother are talking to Auggie about his new principal, Mr. Tushman. They joked that their college …show more content…
The first and most brave thing Auggie has ever gone through is having surgeries. In all of Auggie’s life, he has had 27 surgeries to correct facial anomalies; this definitely requires much bravery! Another act of bravery was when he decided to go to his new public school, Beecher Prep. This decision was very brave, since Auggie would risk being made fun of for his deformed face. In the past he was always protected by his mother, who homeschooled him, and no one could make fun of him. Going to a public school was definitely a brave step for Auggie. In addition, the middle school Auggie goes to planned to go to camp. Deciding to go on this camping trip was a remarkable decision for Auggie, since he had never slept anywhere without his parents. This was another brave choice for Auggie. Also, when he was at the camp, he and Jack left the group watching a movie when both boys needed to pee and the line for the toilets was too long. Because the lines were so long, they went into the woods to do their business. On their way back, they bumped into another group of people they did not know. As soon as they saw Auggie, they screamed and were calling him names. Then, one of the boys named Eddie shone the flashlight he was holding in Auggie’s face. After that, Jack tried to push the hand holding the flashlight away but the boy just pushed him to the ground. Auggie then said, “We’re smaller than you guys…” Then suddenly, …show more content…
In the incident at camp he stood by his friend, Jack, and helped him up. This is kind because Auggie could have just ran without helping Jack up. Also, Auggie did not press charges against Julian even after he made the “plague”, put unkind notes in his locker, and had everyone ignore him and Jack. Lastly, Auggie did not hold a grudge against Jack when he talked bad about him on Halloween but instead forgave Jack when he asked for forgiveness. Those are some examples of Auggie’s kindness. Auggie’s character traits help him in his new journey as he begins public school. His sense of humor helps him overlook his condition with deformities. Auggie’s different forms of bravery help him carry on in life without others looking down on him. Finally, Auggie is able to reach out and create friendships with others through his kindness. Auggie’s character traits not only help him, but also speak to others by saying that it doesn’t matter how you look on the outside, but how you act towards people from the
He says, “This might be an interesting story all by itself. A little Indian boy teaches himself to read at an early age and advances quickly.” He says this as an understatement to tell the reader the importance, but he actually is really smart. Alexie is a man who tells important events, but does not dramatise the events in his life and make people unable to focus on the true message of his essay, which is not how smart he
In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as dependent, loving, and imaginative. Throughout the story these traits mature and Alyss becomes more adult like but still is a little childish in certain scenes. One can say that the maturity that Alyss goes through affects herself later on in the story. During the story the
Similes in the story gives the readers insight of not only the fifth-grader but the adult too. “By the time school started that year, Eddy had a keloid like a piece of twine down the side of his face and a black patch he had to wear until he got his glass eye that stared in a fixed angle at the sky,” (Line 56-59). This quote has a simile, which shows how the fifth-grader feels about her cousin Eddy. The simile allows the readers to make a prediction that the fifth-grader and Eddy get along pretty well because the narrator never describes him as scary, mean, or distant. The simile effects the narrator’s characterization because it make the fifth-grader seem gentle and excited to be around people. The character is given characterization through similes. Similes are a key component to characterization because it allows readers to understand the narrator and character in the story. Figurative language is used throughout the story to characterize the adult narrator's memories in the
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He had been scared about being at the bottom of the food chain again. He pulled through well, but had a couple of social issues as this stage in his life progressed. For example, he had some experiences with peer pressure by his fellow classmates. It was important for him to go through this, because he needed to learn about standing up for what he believes in.
Summer is kind to Auggie because she sat by him in the first day of school at lunch. When the kids went to lunch all of them were trying to avoid him and Summer went over to where he was sitting and sat by him when no one else would. When she did this everyone looked at her like she was a freak just like they called Auggie just because he was a bit different. Another reason why she is nice to Auggie is because she stayed by him during the ‘plague’. The plague is what they did for Auggie when he came to Beecher Prep. It is when you touch him you only have 5 seconds to wash off your hands or you catch the ‘plague’ to. My last
Alexi disregarded everyone who told him to be average, read as much as he could, and as a result was able to become a writer regardless of stereotypes, essentially proving them wrong. Stereotypes are often untrue, but if enough people believe them, can be compelling in the affected people’s lives. When they start to disappear, however, many more people become motivated to pursue a higher education, decide on different careers, and discover new talents and
Ten year old August Pullman --or as his friends and family call him, Auggie-- required several reconstructive surgeries as a young child because he was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity. Because of this, Auggie has never been able to go to a public school and has been home schooled up until fifth grade. A month before school, Auggie and his mother go on a tour of Beecher Prep, where he meets three students; Charlotte, Jack Will and Julian. On Auggie’s tour with student’s, Julian makes very rude comments regarding his face and the other kids chide him for that. On the first day of school, Auggie realiz...
In Wonder, RJ Palacio showed Auggie as a young naive boy who seemed to have plenty of doubt in himself, but that didn’t stop him from letting his values be known. For ex, “The words supposedly, by the way, I said. What are you talking about? You said supposably before,” I said (Palacio 30). Auggie is still shown to feel very insecure about himself even though his sarcasm is well known throughout the book. For ex, “I eat like a tortoise if you ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.”(Palacio 50). In Paul though, he is able to grasp the fact that he has fear and doubt for himself over Erik. He admits in the book itself that he is scared of Erik in the beginning. For ex, “I’ve always been afraid of Erik. Now I get to be afraid of Erik and Arthur.” (Bloor 40). Auggie though doesn’t really understand what is going on in his life and why it is going on due to him being homeschooled most of his life.Paul knew what going on the whole time, but was too scared to
Have you ever met a person with a deformed face? Are you that person? In the novel Wonder by R.J Palacio the main character August was born with a deformed face. The book starts with August deciding if he wants to start middle school. His mother has been homeschooling him since he was born through when he hit ten years old. When August goes to school for the first day, he get’s bullied, and gets constantly stared at. Throughout the school year, he gets bullied. She wants kids to know that they are heard when finishing this book and that you can’t control what you look like but you can control what people think of you. August deals with so much bullying throughout the school year. He goes through his friend betraying him, nasty comments, unwanted stares, and with no one actually wanting to get to know him except for a couple of them. Bullying affects him in so many ways, and yet he stays strong to who he is.
Auggie and Quarta stay positive even though they get bulied and hurt.one reason of how they stay postive is that they don’t let them being diffrent get to them.Auggie is diffrent because he has a face disorder.Some things that are diffrent with him is that he has ears shaped like calaflower,also his eyes
In the book Wonder it describes Auggie’s situation as a “lamb to the slaughter”. It’s an idiom, it means when someone or thing goes somewhere thinking everything is okay, but it doesn’t turn out to be. Auggie’s situation fits this perfectly from what I see, he went to a new school thinking it would be fine, but it’s the exact opposite. Even before school started, when they were on the tour uncomfortable situations and scenarios were already starting. In the text it says that people ask questions like “Whats up with your face?” (Page 29). Before the tour even he felt uncomfortable, he never wanted a tour in the first place. To anyone with a similar condition as Auggie this wouldn’t be considered a comforting question. This is before school has
Alexie divulges that he looks up to his father by saying, “My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well” (Alexie 12). Sherman Alexie, a young boy who loves his father, successfully utilizes apples to logos, pathos, and ethos. Since his father is his idol, he is a credible and reliable man in Alexie’s life, whom he loved, which logically explains that Alexie chose to love books. Because he loves his father, Alexie’s emotions of love and admiration drove him to follow in his father’s footsteps. His relationship with his father delves out necessary information for readers to tie his entire paper together by connecting the dots as to why Sherman Alexie is so entranced with literature, which corresponds with his love of
August Pullman and Roy “Rocky” Dennis don’t look like the rest of us. August and Roy were born with a disorder in their face, leading to their face being deformed. “Wonder,” by Raquel Palacio, is a fiction novel based on the views from August’s close family and friends. This story explains how it feels to have a deformed face. “The remarkable life and death of Roy L. “ Rocky” Dennis,” by Elysia McMahan, is a nonfiction article based on the life of Roy Dennis. It describes how people can react to other people with deformed features. The theme, tone, and characterization all help the reader understand the topic.
Friendship. It is easily found for a majority of people. For some, it is not. August has trouble making friends. His face is an obstacle that prevents him from doing things that normal people can accomplish. The looks of his face should not be problem, and to some people it is not. While reading Wonder, I was able to relate to the main character August, because like myself, he loses and gains friends.