Wonder

How does this text address the points of view (perspectives) of other groups/people, especially those who usually don’t get to tell their side?

     The book Wonder  by R.J Palacio definitely addresses the views of different people. The book Wonder is about a boy named August better known as August. August was always home schooled because he was born with a facial deformity. Wonder takes you through the life of August from different perspectives. Mainly August, but there are also perspectives from his sister Olivia, Justin Olivia's boyfriend and friends of August. One example that stuck out to me was Justin, not just because his section had incorrect punctuation and grammar (on purpose) but because you got to see how he reacted to meeting August. He knew that August had a facial deformity but he was still "taken by surprise".  He assumed that he look close to normal because of all his surgeries. Another perspective that stuck out to me was Olivia's section. You would think that because she lived with August all his life when she saw him after a month she would feel the same. "I have to say it was so amazing being free of all that stuff... No one stared at Grans and me when we went to town to buy groceries." I think she has a right to say she felt free because she didn't have to keep worrying about how people were judging August. When Olivia came back and saw Augusts drool on his chin while he was hugging her she felt "Horrified. Sickened. Scared." People can argue that she shouldn't have felt that way, even if it only lasted a minute. I would say I agree and disagree with that. On one hand August is family and you shouldn't feel scared around them. However, she was gone for a month and she did get use to not having people stare and point. She got use to "normal" faces. It's like when you go to camp for a month and you come back to the city, and still feel in the camp spirit. yours happy to be back home, but at the same time you miss the feeling of camp. Or in this case being free of people pointing.