Eleanor's+Wonder+Page

Hi, I'm Eleanor, and this is where I will do responses to //Wonder . //

My first response is to:

Auggie's mom says //**" The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."**// (pg 67)Who was she talking about and what did she mean by that statement?

Auggie's mom means that Julian's mom was like him, in the context that Julian was being rude to Auggie, and Julian's mom was being rude to Auggie's mom by not RSVP-ing for Auggie's birhtday party.
Here is my second response, which is to:

Auggie heard his classmates talking about him while he was "incognito". (pg 77) What was his reaction to this? Was he surprised at who was talking about him? How would you have felt if something like this happened to you?

If I were Auggie, I would feel betrayed. He thought that Jack was his friend, when really Jack was annoyed by his presence. Auggie's reaction was to be very surprised, then pretend to be sick and go home early. I probably would have done the same thing.

My third response is to:

// Auggie shares his thoughts on how kids react to him when they see his face: // What's cool about really little kids is that they don't say stuff to try to hurt your feelings. But they don't actually know what they're saying. Big kids, though: they know what they're saying. //(p. 20-21)// // What are your thoughts about these observations. Think back when you were younger, and now as a 6th grader. Have you experienced anything similar? //

I totally agree with Auggie's observations. Most little kids will speak their mind, but then they will start crying and hug you once they see it has hurt your feelings. Big kids will do the same thing, except for the cry/hug you part. If they're nice they'll apologize, but if they're mean they'll laugh.

Some more responses are:

Do you think Via is jealous of August? Tell why or why not.

I think that Via is sometimes jealous of August sometimes because their parents make Via's life rotate along with Auggie's, and she doesn't even know it because she feels it so often. If anything happened to Auggie, their parents would drop Via and run to him. To Via, that's just life. Via is sometimes annoyed by her parent's loyalties to Auggie first, but that's her life, and it's all she knows. It's sad, really.

What are your initial thoughts about Via's new friend Eleanor? Do you think Eleanor will meet August, and if she does, how do you think she will react/treat him?
I think that Eleanor will be nice and be nice to Auggie, because she is that kind of person. I think. Anyway, I think that since she is so nice to Via, she will probably not ditch her after seeing Auggie. She will probably be surprised when she sees Auggie's face, but then she will be polite and learn to see him through his face, like Via does.

What kind of difficulty is Via working through with her best friends, Miranda and Ella? Do you think you will encounter anything like that when you go on to Nagel and then high school? How do you think you'd deal with something like that?

Via's friends changed everything about themselves, and Via didn't like or agree with it. This might happen to me in Nagel or Turpin, and I will probably do what Via does. She found some other nice people and hung out with them, and was polite to Miranda and Ella. She hung out with some people who she didn't know were nice, and was happy with them. I think that she was right to hang out with her new friends.

// Justin thinks the Universe was not kind to Auggie, but he also thinks the universe has a way of taking care of the fragile. How does the universe take care of Auggie? //
The universe takes care of Auggie in little ways through the people who love him. They are people like his sister who thinks that she is a horrible person because she felt human about him, the boy who gave up his popularity to be his friend, and the pink haired girl that carries his picture in her wallet. They are the angels in the would of demons that Auggie lives in.

Jack Will is a dynamic character. Has your opinion changed about him since the beginning of the story, and if so, how?

At first, I liked Jack Will because he was Auggie's friend. Then, Auggie heard him talking to Julian about Auggie, and I hated that dirty double crosser. Then, I thought he was awesome because he was nice to Auggie. Then, I absolutely loved him because he punched Julian in Auggie's defense, and suffered through the consequences, which were pretty harsh. After reading his part, I am now sure that he is nice and means well to everyone but Julian.

// How would you have reacted to Julian's behavior and taunts? Would you have done the same thing Jack did, or would you have handled things differently had you been in his shoes? //

I probably would have done the same thing as Jack, but I would have punched him with words, not fists. I've never actually punched someone because I was mad, plus I'm better with words. They can get your feelings noticed just as well as a punch, and won't get you in as much trouble. You could punch and get suspended, or you can yell and get a loud verbal warning. I would choose yell, and after stomp away leaving Julian dumbstruck.

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">schlep <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">: to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">meticulously <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">: taking or showing extreme care about minute details;precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman

<span style="color: #ff008e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">craniofacial : of, pertaining to, or affecting the brain and the face

immaculate : completely clean, extremely tidy

phobia: a persistant, irrational fear of a specific object, activity or situation