Wonder Over the summer I read a novel called “Wonder” written by R.J. Palacio. It is an inspirational book about August ‚a 10 year old boy‚ who faces many hardships in his life. Going into middle school is a big deal for August Pullman because he dose not look like the other kids in his class. What kind of challenges will August face while trying to get through fifth grade? August Pullman is a very extraordinary and courageous boy who wasn’t like everyone else. He was born with a rare birth
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exchange of culture‚ values‚ traditions‚ goods‚ beliefs‚ religion‚ and ideas that changed this world forever. With colonial Europe expanding they needed trade to support their economy. This globalization and mercantilism is illustrated by Timothy Brooks in his book‚ Vermeer’s Hat. In this novel Johannes Vermeer uses paintings as a window to show the reader an in depth view of trade and globalization in the seventeenth century. Each painting has certain elements that represent trade and globalization
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Book Review: “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio is a wonderful children’s novel‚ with a great plot and characters. “Wonder is narrated from a first-point of view. With the point of views changing between many characters‚ making it an interesting read and you get to hear the different opinions of everybody and their side to the story. “Wonder” is set in New York and is about a ten year old boy that is quite ordinary in the inside‚ but not so ordinary on the outside. We read about
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My initial response to reading Wonder was centered on my beliefs about the difference between what it means to be nice and what it means to be kind. Western society is socially nice and plagued with false pleasantries‚ but often lacks kindness. According to Merriam-Webster‚ the definition of nice is “pleasant; agreeable; satisfactory.” Whereas the same source defines kind as “having or showing a gentle nature and a desire to help others: wanting and liking to do good things and to bring happiness
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The central theme of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi concerns religion and human faith in God. However‚ the novel purposely refrains from advocating any single religious faith over another. Instead‚ the novel investigates the nature of religious faith itself. This theme is embodied most clearly in the novel’s protagonist‚ Pi Patel‚ who is a young follower of three very different religions. Pi has studied and memorized the stories of all the various incarnations of the Hindu gods‚ maintaining shrines in
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In Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” we are given a four stanza couplet that shows the daily activities of seven young men that dropped out of school. What I found really fitting in this poem was how the rhythm of the poem related well to the lifestyle of these young men. Each line comes at the reader quickly. Much like the rapid fire delivery of the lines in the poem‚ these characters also live life quickly both literally and metaphorical. The poem is spontaneous as are the characters and each
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World War Z by Max Brooks Set in a time after the Zombie Wars‚ the book tells the story of a ruined world trying to pull itself back together after a catastrophic event. In the case of this book‚ the event is a zombie apocalypse. Told from the memories of survivors‚ an unnamed main character uses his audio recorder and interviewing skills to get stories from survivors‚ so no one will forget the war. From the information collected by the interviewer‚ the reader can piece together a timeline of events
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Wonder written by RJ Palacio revolves around a boy named August who has a severe facial deformity and faced many challenges when he attends school for the first time in his life. At school‚ he made some loyal friends like Jack and Summer but also is bullied by students like Julian. Despite the challenges August faced‚ he is a humorous‚ kind and brave fifth grader. For example‚while chatting with his mom he joked about his looks. He compared his grotesque looks to Summer’s angelic looks stating
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R.J Palacio’s novel “Wonder” is a story that follows the adventure of the young character August Pullman‚ who possesses the rare syndrome “mandibulofacialdysostosis.” The story’s main moral is to accept people’s differences. The heart-warming story “Wonder” is written in first-person view. Although‚ just like the story’s protagonist‚ “Wonder” is different because it is written from different character’s perspectives throughout the story who tell us more about August. The perspectives of Jack‚ Via
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There was a Shakespeare sonnet used in our text that I could have chosen to use today‚ but there is a poem that has stuck with me for quite a while now‚ since the first time I read it. The Pool Players‚ by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ although a rather short poem‚ had me drawn into it from the first line. I both read the poem and listened to the audio of the poem (having of course read it first). I will say that I read it in a different way than I listened to it. After having
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