Thursday, September 1, 2016

Literary Analysis

1. In the book "Wonder" by R.J Palacio a boy with a severe facial condition finally attending public school after being homeschooled since birth. This book is told in multiply perspectives by August, the main character, his sister, his sister's boyfriend, and his friend Jack Will. Though August is used to his life with its daily routine he wants to try something new but he isn't ready for difficulty of school life. He deals with bullying, revulsion, and deception but, he also gets new friendships and new experiences.
2.The theme of the story bravery because of him attending public school and knowing what peoples reaction to his face would be.
3.Morning Routine:
Early Bird
Coffee
Occasional Gym
Breakfast: Bagel cream cheese. "Can you pick me up from school today" I said the next morning smearing cream cheese on my bagel."(pg 100)
Not the type of person to get hungover drunk
4. Antagonists "Julian thinks being friends with Auggie is bringing you down, and that for your own good you need to stop hanging out with him so much.
Epiphany:" And all of a sudden this picture flew into my head, this memory, and I knew what Summer had meant by "bleeding scream".
Imagery: "His eyes are an inch below where they should be on his face, almost halfway down his cheeks. they slant downward at an extreme angle, almost like diagonal slits that someone cut into his face, and the left one is noticeably lower than the right.
Sarcasm
Flat Character

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