The book Wonder by R.J. Palacio is about a boy who faces many challenges in the fifth grade. What I learned from the book Wonder is that you should never judge people from how they look. (Someone with a disability) The book is from the perspective of many challenging people in his life, (a lot of people) along with the boy. He has a disordered face. His name is August Pullman, but his friends (kids with a boy that has a disorderd face)call him Auggie for short. Auggie is a boy with a disordered face. In the story he is in the fifth and (a boy in 6 and 5 grade) sixth grade. Fifth grade is when he gets bullied the (someone getting bullied)most. A lot of Auggie's friends try to help (friends)‘protect’ him so he does not get bullied as much as he normally would. He did get picked on in the beginning of the story thou. August's face is what makes him, him. He's normal on the inside but on the outside he is one of a kind. Auggie has an unordinary (Face)face. As I said earlier never judge anything by what it looks like.
Throughout the story August was judged by his face. Just his face. No one really knew how smart (nerd)and talented he was until they started to (someone dancing) hang out with him. The other students just knew him as some awkward looking psycho (a psycho) with a weird looking face. But not Summer. Summer (a pretty girl)thought August was really nice and thoughtful. Summer is the same way, she's a really nice girl, although she does not have a disordered face. Depending on how you look at it Summer is someone who just wants to make friends (friends)with someone who feels out of place. But not Julian, who just thinks August is just a big joke, and has some sort of (cheese)'cheese touch' kind of the thing. Lots of rumors started to spread thru out the story, to make fun of August. 'Its not enough to be friendly, you have to be a friend'
Also in the story, during fifth grade camp August and Jack went into the woods to go to the bathroom (toilet) during the movie. Then they ran into four seven and eighth(older kids) graders. They tried to beat up Auggie, Jack, and a few other kids(beaten up kids) named Amos, Henry, and Miles. The eighth graders began making fun of Auggie and calling Auggie names like '"What happened to your face?" "Hey guys I didn't know we were watching lord of the rings... look guys its Gollum'”. Then Amos, Jack, Henry, and Miles stood up and started fighting back, for Auggie. They started fighting back and protecting Auggie.
By the end of the story Auggie was treated with more and more respect. He got a Henry Ward Beecher medal for being an extraordinary person, and helping himself fit in. As Mr.Tushman was introducing the medal he was explaining how well Auggie was working and interacting with others. For Example '"strength was carried with the most hearts throughout this year"'. This shows that Auggie gained his strength to use for others, he interacts with, as well as teachers and students.
Now as I think about it, you should never judge anything by its looks. Don't judge anyone by their face or what they wear. In the book Wonder I learned that everyone is different and equal, but all extraordinary in different ways. I think that Auggie and other people like him should be treated more equally, like a normal but different kid. My cousin is just like Auggie. She has a deformed face, we get along together well, after a while you just get used to what they look like. So never ever judge someone by who they are.
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