Wonder Essay 2nd Draft

Some people are born with deformities and disabilities, but does that mean you should treat them differently?  In the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio Auggie starts going to school.  Auggie is very nervous because he’s afraid everyone will tease him.  Some people might think that it’s just a story about some kid with facial deformities.  But I think it’s much more than that.  I think when R.J. Palacio wrote Wonder, she wanted the reader to infer an important message.  I think that Wonder teaches us that you should accept everyone no matter what.

 

In the beginning of the Jack Chapter, he expresses how much he doesn't want to tour Auggie.  One day his mom gets a call from Mr. Tushman.  Mr. Tushman was calling to see if Jack could give the new kid a tour of the school.  He’s pretty open to it until his mom says “’I guess there’s something wrong with his face’”. "'If I don't have to do it,' I said, 'I don't want to do it.'".  He tells his mom how Auggie is "deformed" and how he can't do it.  But then he realizes how sympathetic he is that Auggie has to deal with bullies like Julian Albans and decides to give it a try.  Little did he know that they would end up as best friends.  Jack starts hanging out with Auggie all the times.  This shows Jack accepting Auggie even though he has a deformity.

 

Summer is a really nice person, so she decides to sit with Auggie during lunch on the first day of school.  She doesn't really mind Auggie's face, but people tease her about how she hangs out with the "Zombie Kid".  Since Auggie found out that Mr. Tushman asked some people to be nice to him, he sort of doubts that Summer is Really his friend.  Then he finds out that she is a true friend.  Summer didn’t care how he looked, she looked deeper and found that he was actually a nice person.  This shows acceptance because Summer sees Auggie as a friend not someone with a deformity.

 

For some people, it takes a while before they'll show acceptance.  An example is Amos.  He isn't Auggie's friend in the beginning of the story but in the end, he accepts Auggie as a friend.  Amos used to be a cool kid who didn't associate with people like Auggie because he's too cool.  But then when Auggie is being bullied by older kids at the Nature Reserve, he steps out and shows that he's a real friend.  “’Just leave them alone, dude’ Amos repeated calmly.”  After that incident Amos starts being really nice and finally accepts Auggie as a good friend.

 

As we look at acceptance, we can see that it helps us make more friends and meet more people.  If we look deep into someone, we can always find a reason to accept them as a friend.  I think without acceptance you would always live in your own bubble that is isolated from everyone else.  For me, acceptance is the key to making friends because you’ll never turn down a friend.  If we learn to accept everyone as a friend, the world would become a more peaceful place