Wonder Maggie Character Analysis

Auggie has lived his whole life being stared at and given weird looks, so much so he just has to pretend he doesn’t see all the faces people make when they see him and his distorted face, but now he has had to endure those kinds of looks everyday from his classmates in his first ever year at school in 5th grade. However, despite all the looks, bullying, and exclusion, school was still undoubtedly the most amazing experience Auggie has ever had in his life. After reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio I believe that Auggie going to Beecher prep not only had a positive impact on his life, but also for all of his fellow classmates and teachers Auggie’s heart has touched. Auggie may have had some of the worst days of his life at Beecher prep, but
One of Auggie’s worst experiences was because of Julian, the school bully, This is shown on page 29 when Julian says “What’s the deal with your face? I mean, were you in a fire or something?” Julian even started a whole war in the entire 5th grade and tried pitting everyone against Jack and Auggie. Ironically, by the end of the year Julian is actually the weird one that is left out one because he didn't go to the nature retreat like everyone else. So in the end of the year, even though he may have had some enemies, in the end he was able to gain so many more friends. On page 282 Auggie explains how everything has changed ever since the fight, “I got picked on because of my face and Jack defended me, those guys- Amos, Henry, and Miles-protected me. And now that they’d protected me, I was different to them, it was like I was one of them.” Auggie was even able to see the good that came out of that terrible fight. Auggie has been through some pretty tough things, but he is still able to look at the positive side of things and see all the good that has come out of the