Wonders Character Analysis

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself” (Jim Morrison). Friends are not made easily because no one is the same as each other. Yet we can be alike each other. Not only do the jocks fit together as friends, but the outcast kids do also. For example, in the book Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, Sarah Byrnes and Eric are alike. “‘My best friend. I [Eric] stayed fat a whole year for her" (Crutcher 7). Both teenagers are outcasts of their school because Sarah is seen as ugly and Eric is overweight. Since they are both outcast students, they learn off each other and protect each other. They do this by staying together through that hard times. Sarah and Eric both go through rough patches, yet Sarah faces danger

It is important to choose the right friends, good friends can take you wherever you want to go in life, and the wrong friends can be a disastrous decision. A quote from The Pact sums this up nicely, “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you.” (32) This is why it is so important to surround yourself with positive people, and

About two months into freshman year I began to realize she or anyone else would ignore me or keep it conversation short. To this day, I still do not know what I did for this to happen. As far as I knew we were on good terms and had made up an alone time ago. I confronted them with what was going on and how I was seeing it. Their responses show a little sympathy. My friendships were going downhill fast and the only person who I had was Nathan, to lean on. During these few months, I felt so alone and unworthy. I came home crying every day and ate a lot more which caused me to gain weight. Online I saw my name appear for the most hated and many hateful tweets referring to myself. I did not want to go to school or see anyone; except for Nathan. I resorted to cutting myself on the leg where no one would see it. I did not want to live and cutting makes me feel like I was alive. I eventually got a dog who i named Poe and for a while he was one of the only reasons i had a reason to live. I began to reconnect to old friends in seventh grade. The group of the five of us held me somewhat together for a while, but truly Nathan held me together. We became so close from hanging out everyday and doing everything together. They even got our poe’s brother and their own pet. He was my only best friend, but i wanted things to change. There was nothing i could so to change the place i was in but i NEEDED

In the modern age friendship comes in many different shapes and sizes. There's the good and there's the bad. You might even find some types of friendships surprising, for example an "entrepreneurial relationship". In the book "Of Mice and Men" Lennie and George are friends, but not very good friends. George is unfortunately friends with Lennie for the wrong reasons.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

Friendship is a key aspect of life. Friends are your support system, who you go to in time of need, and who you share memories with that can last a lifetime. In today’s society, many friendships are broken up because of trust issues or the lack of positivity that may be spread through the group.

Have you ever discriminated a person by their looks? Well I did , I noticed that someone was hideous and I have said that they are ugly. Discriminating someone before getting to know them is a bit brutal because you haven't gotten to know them. The theme, judging someone before you get to know them prohibits you from having a honest relationship with them captures the main characters struggle with identity in the novel Wonder by R.J Palacio.

School shootings are normally unexpected and they drastically impact life. The effects of an unexpected school shooting are displayed in Jodi Picoult’s novel, Nineteen Minutes. In the novel, Peter Houghton has endured bullying throughout his entire life. One day he snaps and he goes to his school, Sterling High, where he kills ten people and wounds many others emotionally and physically. Peter is then put on trial, where he is sent to prison for life. Josie Cormier, the girl Peter has been in love with since kindergarten, admits to shooting her boyfriend, Matt, and is sentenced to five years in prison. Many changes occurred in everyone’s lives after the shooting. School life and daily life changed majorly after the shooting. The shooter’s family,

Have you ever met a person who is a mean, spoiled, brat? Well, in the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacios, Auggie is the new kid at school. But, since he has a deformed face, Julian, a bully, picks on him and treats Auggie like he is garbage. But really, Auggie is a great person. Julian bullies kids like, Auggie and Jack.

Friendship is a relationship between two or more people who have a mutual understanding with one another when it comes to trust and support. A friendship is when you have someone that you can rely on all the time, someone who does not judge you, someone who is always honest with you, and someone who does not turn their back on you. Friendships are tested every day, whether it being from jealously, disloyalty, dishonesty, or even betrayal. In order for friendship to work out you must be able to communicate with each other, be able to tell each other the truth without becoming defensive, respect one another, and also understand and support each other to the fullest. In the play, Fences, the friendships between the characters can relate to realistic

My seventh grade year was NOT off to a good start. You know when you go to school on the first day your parents are always telling you to make new friends. Well that’s exactly what my mom told me, and her advice only worked halfway. You see, I had indeed made new friends. The only problem was that one them had some jealousy issues. It all started when I met her. Audra was a drama major. We had met in musical theater. We became friends so she introduced me to her best friend, Alejandra. The thing to remember was that Audra had strict parents who wouldn’t let her do a lot of things outside of school. That meant that whenever I asked her if we could hang out, she would say no. By this time Alejandra and I had become friends. Not close friends

In the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August’s perspective helps the reader understand his character, his feelings about himself, and how he wants to fit in. For example August, a fifth grade boy who goes through life with a “messed up” face, says “ I wish [...] I had a normal face that no one ever noticed” (Palacio 3)and dreams of having a normal face and fitting in. incidents that happen throughout August’s life make him wish he could be an ordinary kid and that his peers would treat him like they treat the rest of the class. The reader can apply his life struggles to their lives because everyone goes through bullying in their lifetime and, while going through the process of bullying,, they feel alone and like they are unimportant, like

Being made to go through the whole process of becoming friends was not what I wanted. I had a lot of friends at Galena and had been friends with these kids since kindergarten. We had grown up together and I didn’t want to leave them so soon. My mom told me Baxter was only about 10 minutes away so that took the ease off a little. I had two really good friends who I did everything with. I remember wondering if they would be sad, or if I would get to see them anymore. The feeling of going to a new place and possibly not making any new friends frightened me. How long would it take me to make new friends, if I made any? All the worrying was for nothing though. I remember exactly what happened when I made my first friend at Baxter. I call to mind being anxious as I walked into my new classroom, feeling the glances of all my classmates. Thinking how uncomfortable I felt as all the kids talked about their summers with their friends and all the fun they had, when suddenly I heard someone say hi. I turned towards the voice and saw a small brown haired girl, who I would soon learn was Mallory. After learning each other’s names, she then asked me “Do you want to be friends?” and that’s how my first friendship started. I made many new friends that day and felt all my worries soon drift away. Though I didn’t know how well making new friends would go, at the time it was a frightening thought for me. With

It wasn’t until junior year of high school I finally found a group of friends that I can call my best friends. There is barely a time when we aren’t all hanging out together and they have helped me a lot these past two years. I would also probably say they were my biggest fans this basketball season, and they showed it. I could hear them cheering for me and they even got the student section to start chanting Juice, my nickname, after I made a basket. I loved looking over at them because they always got me hyped up during games and even seeing a few of them dress up as me every once in awhile was pretty funny I felt honored. But they are my best friends, because I make the best and craziest memories with them and they are always a happy group of people there is never a dull moment with them. My friendship with them is probably like Ros and Guil’s relationship, not as dumb, but just as fun. Ros and Guil where two really funny guys and they were always having fun or kidding around when they were together, and they just had a special connection, and that’s how I feel with my friends. Obviously there’s more of them but I feel like I’m Ros and they are Guil. I don’t think that I could asked for a better group of friends who help and support me through all my easy and rough

In the book Wonder written by Raquel J. Palacio the main character Auggie Pullman struggles with Mandibulofacial Dysostosis other wise known as Treacher Collins Syndrome causing serious health problems and facial deformities. Auggie has been homeschooled due to his complicated health issues and the rigorous surgery schedule that comes with it. But by the time August turns ten, his parents are beginning to think about the big picture and his future. They have realized that Auggie not only needs to learn more than his mom can teach him, but he also needs to learn to navigate a world that isn't always kind to people who are different. At Auggie’s new school, Beecher Prep in Manhattan, fifth grade is the first year of middle school, so his parents