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Wonder By R J Palocia Character Analysis
Wonder, written by R.J. Palacia, is about a 10 year old boy named August “Auggie” Pullman. Auggie was born with severe facial deformities. They were so bad that the doctor that delivered Auggie fainted when Auggie was born. Auggie was homeschooled by his mom, but when he turned 10 and was about to go into 5th grade, his parents decided that he should go to regular school. He embarked on an adventure in middle school at Beecher Prep. I think this was the best thing that could have happened to Auggie and it had a positive impact on him.

Before Auggie went to Beecher Prep he only had one good friend, Christopher. He made two really good friends at Beecher Prep, Jack Will and Summer. Christopher and Auggie had a lot of the same likes, Star Wars for one. If he hadn’t gone to school, it would have been fine to have one friend. I believe that the more friends you have, the more you will be exposed to. Different people in your life bring different experiences. …show more content…
Auggie’s parents babied him and going to school made him grow up some. I understand why his parents babied him. They wanted to protect him. Because of all of his health problems they felt like they needed to protect him. Protect him from people’s stares, mean comments and from any physical injury. Of course, you can’t grow up, learn to be independent and gain confidence with your parents hovering over
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