"My name is August, by the way. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking is probably worse." Often praised as a beautiful and elegant novel Wonder by Raquel J. Palacio expresses the life of Auggie Pullman, an extraordinary child who was born with a genetic problem that caused his face to be disformed. Auggie in the story is accompanied by his sister, Via, Mom, Dad, and their dog Daisy. Daily life in the Pullman house was perfect for Auggie, who was homeschooled. Via and Dad went to school and work, then they came home. But that all changed when Auggie was going into the 5th grade.
"A lamb to the slaughter...". That is how Auggie's Dad reacted when he found out Auggie's Mom was going to send Auggie to school. After agreeing to go, Auggie was bullied. No one sat with him, no one touched him, no one talked to him, except Jack Will. Jack Will, who was assigned to help Auggie in school, was friends with the bullies. After getting tired of Auggie getting bullied, Jack Will and a few others soon became great friends with Auggie.
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Auggie and everyone eventually become friends and the bully realizes he was wrong.
Although I loved the book and the movie, some things I thought they really needed to add. For the next few paragraphs I am going to explain my thoughts on the acts they missed.
The movie should have added was the hearing aid. This has been discussed so much, I agreed. If Auggie had his hearing aid in the movie it would have more of a justification of the fight with the older kids. It would make a point for losing his hearing aid. It would then have a happy moment when he described hearing after. With all the sad stuff in the book, him getting the aid to help him do something so simple was the sweetest and most adorable thing
Like on page 177 where it says, “So here are the official sides.” or when Julian callously kept trying to make Auggie feel inferior to him. August knew life at school wouldn’t be the easiest thing in the world, but August didn’t think they would be so judgemental of him. People were so mean to August and treated him very poorly. Overall all these things August went through only made him stronger. When August started school, his primary focus wasn’t simply getting good grades, it was fitting into a completely new atmosphere. Although August had some difficult times during his first year in school he learned so much from that experience and he made memories he will never
Have you ever felt like everyone was against you well, In the story wonder by R.j. Palacio there is a brave character named August. He has a deformed face, and he is homeschooled so he has never been to a school before.Some people make fun of him too.
From the start, the movie is adapted from the novel and therefore it could not cover everything, some actions or acts in the novel are too dense such that it is not of any importance to angle them in the movie. It is very realistic to everyone that the movie cannot cover every single paragraph in the novel even the memorable ones. Some materials are left out in the film, and others were changed.
When you read a book and then go to watch the movie you know that the book and the movie are usually different. In this case it was not really true. I believe the reason for that is because the book is so short they had plenty of time to make the movie around the same way the writer originally wrote it. Some of the additions to the movie that I did not personally like were: First off, the setting of the movie was around Christmas time. I understand that they need to make a way to get Sir Henry Baskerville to Stapleton's house towa...
R.J Palacio’s novel Wonder is an emotional story about a young boy named August Pullman and all of the difficulties he faces because of his disfigured face, young August has a genetic dieses called Mandibulofacialdysatosis the story also shows why it is important to accept peoples differences, as we travel through a series of different first point views this is what makes it different to other first point view books. In the essay the views of Jack, Via and August will be explored and discussed. These characters can give a better and different understanding about the protagonist August Pullman and all of his struggles and difficulties through his first year of school.
The movie is, most likely, done well enough to intrigue its intended audience. It captured the theme and story line of the book. It falls short, though, when compared to the beautiful, sensitive and contemplative prose of Natalie Babbitt. One could only hope that a viewing of the film will lead the watcher to try the book and be delighted all the more.
The first thing I will go over is the actors. Overall, they did a fantastic job and portrayed the characters well. Zachery Schaftlein, who played Father Brenden Flynn, and Abigail Elmore, Sister Aloysius Beauvier, both did a fantastic job in their roles. I loved the
Raquel J. Palacio, is the author of the book, “Wonder’. wonder is taken place in Upper Manhattan, New York and Auggie’s middle school, Beecher Prep. The character I’m about to tell you about is August Pullman also known as Auggie. Auggie is a sweet 5th grade boy entering a new school, but he’s not your average th grade boy. Auggie has mandibulofacial dysostosis, a disease autosomal recessive mutation.
The main character of Wonder is August or “Auggie” a ten year old who was born with a facial deformity. All Auggie wants is to live a normal life and attend his first year of school. Another common character is Auggie’s older sister Via. She sometimes feels less important when it comes to her family since everyone often puts Auggie’s needs first. She struggles fitting in with having
The book contained a first person source of emotion and attitude that cannot be duplicated. I also found it helpful that I could almost get the story from multiple points of view, as I was watching the events occur and not just hearing Normans account of the events. The reason the movie was a bit more interesting is because they director put more exciting scenes in and filled the film with great images. I really enjoyed the images; it made me want to go explore Montana and pick up fly fishing. A good example of added scenes in the movie is when the boy’s forest service crew takes a canoe down a treacherous river. This is what I would expect from Norman and his brother, since they were raised in the outdoors, but it is nowhere to be found in the book! The film had more than extra scenes, though. After watching the film I realized that it was evident that the family was prone to problems, you could see it from the start. He would bet on anything, even as a young boy. Despite the foreshadowing, I was surprised but in hindsight it should have been expected: Paul’s death was ironic; his hands were what made him an outstanding fisherman and they are also what got him killed in a drunken brawl. The ending was a bit extreme, but it was not too farfetched. It made me think about every possible outcome of a person’s life. The final minutes of the film reflect on some of the iconic scenes of the movie and were pretty sad. There’s good outcomes, and there’s bad ones. It also provoked thoughts about my own family and our relationships with each other as I found Norman’s situation somewhat
In conclusion, details involving the characters and symbolic meanings to objects are the factors that make the novel better than the movie. Leaving out aspects of the novel limits the viewer’s appreciation for the story. One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person will not overlook the intense work that went into the making of both. The film and novel have their similarities and differences, but both effectively communicate their meaning to the public.
... movie because it lacked many important sections. Putting every scene of a book into the movie is impossible because the movie would have to be two days long instead of two hours. However, the director must be careful when making the decision of what scenes to cut. The movie could have had a stronger impact if it had more information about the introduction to her life, her stay in the mental institution and the process of her getting clean. These scenes would have helped create an strong emotional bond between the audience and main character. This bond is important because it creates feelings that make the movie a lot more personal. But on the other hand, this movie was made many years ago when the public might not have been ready for all the material that the book had to offer. It makes one wonder if a remake of the movie would be more influential if made in 2009.
There were some important scenes that grabbed the readers’ attention that were missing from the movie, and for what reason?
The decision of the screenwriter and director to cut out what I felt were several story arcs and scenes from the novel was very disappointing. For example, in the movie there is no mention of Beth's shyness, or of her overcoming that shyness to become friends with Mr. Lawrence. The scene in the novel where she gathers her courage to walk over to his house and thank him for giving her his piano is one of the most defining moments for Beth. Overall I found Beth and Mr. Lawrence to both be sadly underdeveloped in the movie. Mr. Lawrence appears in only three scenes, while many of Beth's key moments also vanished. Jo's wonderful tomboyish nature is also severely tone-down for this version. She does not say "Christopher Columbus"; nor any of her other slang words. We never see the scene where she longs to go be a soldier fighting in the war and wishes she were a man. They transformed the character of Meg from someone who longs for finer things and tends to be snobbish into the wise older sister who does not care about such things. Lacking is the wonderful moment when she realizes that she does not care about Mr. Brook's poverty as she staunchly defends her love of him against Aunt March. While Amy's quest for a perfect nose is mentioned twice, there is never a scene showing some of her efforts such as her wearing the clothespin on it at night to make is straight, nor do we get enjoy watching her artistic endeavors such as her attempts to make a plaster cast of her foot.
...ing message and provide an emotional punch to equal the book's resonance, which would have probably made a longer film, but added to the continuity if the film.