Max

1/26/16- There were many mixed feelings after the tour, but the biggest two were kindness and meanness. Charlotte and Jack Will almost instantly accepted Auggie, but Julian was acting ignorant. He cut in front of Auggie and said things like "What's the deal with your face", and ""I just thought he was in a fire too." Referring to the fact that his face was deformed. When they got back though Julian was a little angel. Charlotte and Jack Will looked into his face and could say hello. Overall, I believe that right now kindness overpowers unkindness."The battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

2/1/16- Like my other essay, there are mixed feelings. Almost everyone has used to August be now. Unlike my other essay though, Jack becomes Auggie's biggest friend. Auggie feels so comfortable with Jack that "This is after plastic surgery" and "Well then you should sue your doctors". He also makes friends with summer,a girl who truly is the definition of "Don't judge a book by its cover". All and all, I say this first month has been pretty good.

2/3/16- It is a very difficult time for August. The person who became friends, laughed WITH,but not AT August,and back stabbed August. The emotions August is feeling are very tough to deal with. Now the worst part, He is thinking about dropping out of school. I believe that August should stay at school. He must stay strong and remember kids get bullied. He also must learn to find and know which friends are true friends like Summer or mean people like Julian and now Jack. He must really decide what his goal is. August must look through his heart and see does he want to stay. It can hurt to have one friends become what Jack became, but will August to stay strong and persevere or give up on school. The choice is up to him.

2/4/16- I have many questions for Via,but there are the three most important to me. Why is Via all the sudden have these "temper tantrums"? How does she feel about her brother, Auggie, going to middle school? Something people reading over this may not think about is Via also has to go through almost the same things as Auggie like Who should I be friends with? Who should Is sit with? My final question is simply "Who is she?". Is she a popular girl? Is she with the mean kids,or the smart kids,or the bad kids? My question is truly "What/Who is she inside".

2/10/16- What surprised me most about Via was how hard her life is. She has a brother, Auggie, that has a "deformity"(as all the kids from school call it) which brings a lot of unwanted attention to her. Her friends who she did **everything** with are not longer the same friends she remembers. They have changed their style, and become more popular while leaving Via in the dust. She has a sad time during almost all Halloweens because that is when her beautiful Grans passed away. It just surprised me how hard her life is.    2/10/16- Via's Halloween differs from Auggie's because I feel that Via's Halloween was more sad, but Via has helpful during this time of mourning. Via's beautiful Grans died on the same day. She barely does anything the ENTIRE day. She helps calm down Auggie, but I personally believe that EVERY sister should do.  2/16/16- I believe Justin's part is important to read because it gives us a third person character who has never seen Auggie before and does not have the look at Auggie like Via does, still like everyone the first time he has a weird glance ,but than is completely fine. We understood that Justin also went through middle school and understands how hard it is. We needed to understand that Via doesn't want the attention and loves it without Auggie. He understands how hard Auggie's life is by referencing the universe's "lottery". Justin likes Via and tries to make everything better for her. Like on pg. 203, he comforted Via when she said she was a bad person. He is happy whenever Via is happy. 2/18/16- Miranda is truly happier with Via's family because she is accepted. Miranda feels like her family is falling apart. Her mom was distant and see don't even see her dad anymore. Auggie and his family has accepted Miranda for a huge portion of her life. When she is asked to come over for dinner, she hesitates because she hasn't made up with Via yet. When Via says "Yeah, you're coming" Miranda feels accepted.

Protagonist- Auggie Antagonist- Julian Conflict- Popularity Dynamic- Mirada Static- Julian Direct Characterization- Indirect Characterization-

5/10/16- Parents should investigate the truth rather than just believing want a child would say. A parent should ,as I believe, shun or take away items that he or she enjoys to play/use, but you still have to do better. Sometimes a parent knows society can hurt someone more than a person yelling, so society doesn't know the child so it doesn't know whether to be kind or mean. Sometimes society punishing somebody can make them learn even more.

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