Wonder By R J Palacio Analysis

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In the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio, the perspective changes when we read about August through the words and thoughts of Jack and Summer. “Nobody asks August what’s going on. Hardly anyone ever talks to him.” (Palacio 144). August gives off a really genial and welcoming aura, but he refuses to be social because rejection becomes his new fear. Unfortunately, August has some personal challenges, and the class cannot garner enough empathy for August and he feels let down after his classmates call him mean names. “Julian nicknamed him [...] Zombie Kid, and that’s what everyone was calling him” (Palacio 119). Bullies fill Auggie’s school, and his life contains ridicule, judgement, and nicknames. Fortunately, Summer points out the fact that small,