August Pullman's Life: Beecher Prep

The Pullman Strike was a disturbing event in Illinois history. It occurred because of the way George Mortimer Pullman, founder and president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, treated his workers. Organized in 1867, the company manufactured sleeping cars and operated them under contract to the railroads

Not only does August have to deal with bullies because of his facial abnormalities, but he also has to adjust to a “real” school. August was always homeschooled due to his 27 surgeries. No one sees August as ordinary, well, except himself. Everyone else is blinded by Auggie’s looks and for awhile they can’t seem to look past them. But when

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In the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Auggie shows insecurity by being antisocial, hiding his face, and blaming his looks on everything that goes wrong. When his sister Via had a school play, she didn’t invite Auggie because she thought he would be bored but Auggie thought his sister didn’t invite him because he was deformed. “You think I don’t know what’s going on? You just don’t want your fancy little friends to find out your brother is a freak” (Auggie 218). According to this quote, August is insecure because he didn’t get invited to sister’s play and blamed it on his appearance right away instead of considering other possibilities. Another example of August’s insecurity is when he almost missed what ended up being the best thing that ever happened in his life. He explained “Via, I don’t think I should go to the campout. What’s the point? I won’t make any friends because everyone will scream and run away from me. I know I would if I saw someone who looked like me” (Auggie 263). This quote shows how insecure he is because

While on the other hand Auggie, a elementary student was born with severe craniofacial syndrome and deals with looking very t5 different from the rest of the kids he goes to school with. Throughout the book the author, R.J. Palacio tells the story as if you were there with Auggie as he faces challenges mostly through school and with friends. As you can see these

But with the automobile ownership the railroad had a big decline decline. In 1957, Pullman Incorporated closed its plant in the neighborhood. Three years later chicago put pullman on the list of residents responded by forming the Pullman Civic worked to gain. lighted detouring area that required clearance and redevelopment .

The Town of Pullman: Success or Failure? The invention of the railroad was probably the most important occurrence in the nineteenth century. The United States became a unified front and interstate travel become safe, cheap and efficient. Industries related to the railroad began to prosper, fueling much of the American economy. Entrepreneurs quickly began to take advantage of this boom and thus “American Big Business” was born. George Pullman was one of the many prominent tycoons of this “Railroad Era”. Through the use of his talented ingenuity and high organizational skills, he acquired a vast fortune and immense power. George Pullman is most notably credited for the creation of the Pullman Sleeping Car. Its invention enhanced the

Auggie was born with Treacher Collins syndrome and a Cleft Palate. After multiple surgeries, his Cleft Palate is mostly gone and the Treacher Collins Syndrome is better than what it was. According to the book, “When I came out of my Mom’s, she said the whole

Zinkoff’s experience at Satterfield differs from Brighton in a few ways. The first prominent difference is that Zinkoff’s school only goes up to fifth grade, whereas ours goes to eighth. Zinkoff feels as though his class is the most important since they are older than the rest of the kids at his school. While when I was in fifth grade I still felt small compared to the three older grades above me.The fifth-grade class in Satterfield seem to make a big deal of their highest class, as if it were a great reward.Since our school's hallways splits between kindergarten through fourth grade and fifth through eighth grade, fifth grade can feel like you're finally one of the older kids in school.The Eighth grade class in Brighton and the fifth grade

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The majority of the “Freaks” do not always feel that they are worth much in the eyes of their teachers. Professors are more inclined to illicit discipline and less likely to offer guidance to those they wrongly feel are doomed for failure. Lindsay, although considered part of the Freak crowd, is an exception to this characteristic because she in fact feels like a big fish in a little pond. She has always received high marks on tests and was once a part of her school’s mathletes club. As a result she has been treated in a pleasanter way by facility at the school then some of her underachieving friends. Even the school’s guidance counselor makes a point to be involved in Lindsay’s life. Lindsay’s younger brother Sam encounters similar experiences in the school system. Because of Sam’s reputation as a nerd teachers offer him more guidance then other students. He is given more privileges within the school, such as access to the school’s tech room without an adult chaperone because of his role of being an academic “big fish.” Lindsay and Sam’s reputations within the school builds on teachers treating them with more respect, which creates a cycle of them continuing to outperform

I think that Auggie’s experience at Beecher Prep was a good one for him to get a taste of the real world. The reason I think this is because he made good friends like Summer & Jack and to a lesser extent Reid. Also, he made good relationships with his teachers and Principal. Also another example is how more towards the end of the the story Amos and Henry stand up for him when 7th graders mess with them.

What do you mean? 5. Oh the places Auggie goes Auggie Pullman was born with a facial difference that prevented him from going to school… until now. He’s about to enter 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been the new kid, then you know how hard it can be for Auggie. The thing is Auggie's just like any other kid in the world, but with a different face.

The first reason school had a positive impact on Auggie’s life was that he made many friends. It was shown in part eight, where Auggie thought, “I walked with Summer and Jack, and we just couldn’t stop cracking up. Everything made us laugh. We were in that giggly kind of mood where all someone has to do is look at you and you start laughing.” Before Auggie went to school,he was only comfortable around family and a few other friends, but now he has opened himself up to almost everybody in his grade. Another example in part

Auggie knew people were whispering, pointing, laughing, and staring at him because he knew it was happening. He overcame this challenge like a champion. He acted like everything was ok and didn’t know that those things were happening. This didn’t just happen in school, it happened at the park, in public, in restaurants. I feel bad for August because he is always getting talked about but he shows to people that he is brave and doesn’t care what you say or