Personal Narrative: It's Not Enough To Be A Friend

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“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend,” R.J.Palacio. Though Summer was the only one to really be a friend to August in the beginning, Jack was friendly and learned that just being friendly was not enough. He needed to be a friend. I started to think about how kids and I would realistically act around August, and I concluded that I would react much like Jack did.
The students in the book Wonder were very unrealistic. Students may talk about August and some may not want to be friends with him, but they would never start a plague. For someone to start a game like this is very mean and upsets August, this is unlike any 5th grade experience I’ve ever heard of. Also, in the book Wonder, a war started between a boy named Julian …show more content…

I definitely don’t think I would ever have the courage to be like the character Summer and go sit with August at lunch. I wish I could say or think I would be kind or brave enough and go sit with a boy that everyone was scared of. I would say that I really relate to Jack though, as a character Jack was very kind to be August’s friend, he was also insecure and wanted to fit in. I think that what Jack did was very mean by talking about August behind his back, but I also understand because it would be very hard being August’s friend while all of your other friends were talking about you.
I couldn’t imagine if a boy like August came to school with me in Oxford but I definitely would act kinder then the other students in the book. Even though I don’t think I would have the courage to become August’s first really good friend like Summer I would be kind to him knowing it is hard to come to a new school. I know what it’s like being the new kid and it’s not fun at all, especially August knowing he was different, though he felt like a normal boy inside.
People are mean to others that are different, but we are all different, some being more than others. We should all respect each others differences. If a kid like August came to school with me, I would use someone like Summer as a role model and always be, not just friendly but a friend to

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