Jasim

1/26/16- After the tour I feel like Julian might become a bully later on because of the way he was treating August. He was not very polite to him. He asked some rude questions about the way his face looked. Also after bumping into him he said " Oops I'm sorry.", but August could tell by the way Julian's face looked that he was not being sincere about it. I do not know much about the other kids. They both seem fairly nice. Charlotte does seem like a diva. I do not know Jack Will's personality though.

2/2/16- August is having a little bit of trouble making friends but he is off to a good start. Jack Will's and August's friendship was evident. They hang out with each other, talk to each other in the hallway, and talk to each other in the classroom. Summer and August are also pretty good friends, although they can only see each other during lunch. Bullying does not seem too bad, but Julian is not being too kind to August. The Dark Sidious Joke was also quite rude. August likes the teachers especially Mr. Brown. The whole precepts concept is very interesting. I have never heard of such an interesting thing. I wonder what his precepts will be about.

2/4/16- I think August should tell someone rather than keep the problem to him self. If he keeps it to himself then nobody will do anything about it. If he tells somebody someone will help him. Keeping things to yourself just makes things worse while an opportunity to help him just whizzes by. If he does not do any of these things he should at least try to stand up for himself. He should at least do something rather then nothing. Maybe he and Jack can have a talk. This way they could sort out what is needed to be sorted out. Perhaps sorting out everything with Jack will make them friends, therefore encouraging August to return back to school.

2/4/16- What will Via's point of view be in the first part? Will she describe her life with Auggie? Will Via help August about what is going on in school?

2/9/16- What most surprised me about Via was how caring and loving to her brother she was. A regular sister would not even speak to him. Via stands up for August. A regular sister would not. Despite the social pressure she still was very nice to him. In the public is when she stood up for him the most, like in the park or grocery store. I liked seeing Via's side of the story too.

2/9/16- In August's part he does not tell us about the part in his bedroom. We missed a whole conversation. Because the conversation was in Via's part we received a better look at what August was feeling. We also did not know that Gran died the day before Halloween. In August's part he never mentioned it. We also originally did not know what Via did when August left in the morning.

2/16/16- Justin's part was important for us to read because it gave us a look in the mind of a person who had never seen August. A person who had warmed up to him would think about him differently than a person who has not. For example, everyone in his family treats him like a normal boy but everybody else treats him differently. We need to understand that he has never seen August before and that even the nicest people can be shocked from seeing something like August. Like when Justin first saw August even though someone describes what he looked like he was still very shocked to see August. I am sure even if I prepared myself the best I could I would still probably be shocked.

2/18/16- Miranda feels this way because it has been such a long time since she has been with her favorite family. Being with the Pullmans makes her feel very happy. In the book she said that she felt safer with the Pullmans than her own family. No wonder she loves that family so much. When August was little she loved him like a brother instead of looking at him in disgust. In the book she claims she has the right to call him a brother. From the way she treats him I agree. She is also very happy because she is friends with Via again. It was kind of sad to see that they were not friends anymore. Because Miranda missed their friendship, she felt so much happier.

Protagonist- The character who shows good traits.
Antagonist- The opposite of the protagonist. Dynamic- A character who changes a lot throughout the story. Static- A character that does not change much throughout the story. Direct Characterization- When the author tells us directly about a character. Indirect Characterization- Setting up a scene that says how a character is rather than telling it in words.

5/10/16- Parents should definitely investigate if matters are important. A child can lie or make up stories. This is why parents must investigate. A parent should support a child's feelings. A parent needs to understand that without emotional support it would be harder to deal with the consequences or the possible outcome. Children are also very delicate too. You must let your child know you love them unconditionally. A parent must eventually let society deal with his or her child's punishment. It teaches them how the real world works and how it will be.

5/10/16- If you do not understand a rule then you do not have any right once so ever to disobey that rule. You can not just simply disobey a rule because you do not understand it. I am sorry, but I can not think of a rule I disobey or the consequences of that rule.