Title: Wonder Name: Jack Fitzpatrick Author: R.J. Palacio Due Date: Number of pages: 315 Per. 7-8a Genre: realistic fiction Summary: This book is about August (auggie) who is a boy that’s face is badly deformed. He is sent to school for the first time in his life, but he is scared of what the other kids will think of his face. Throughout this story, he is bullied but somehow still makes friends despite his face. Other characters in the book are: Olivia (via), Miranda, Jack Will, Julian, Summer, Charlotte, Henry, Miles, Justin, Jamie, and Mr. Browne.
I the beginning of the book David is having some troubles at school, he gets bullied a lot. Over winter break, David went to New York, and bought a snow globe for a girl that he likes at school (Millie). The first day back from winter break David decides to give it to her, even though she has a boyfriend. When Millie was showing her friends what David had bought her, her boyfriend came up to her and grabbed it out of her hand and threw it on this frozen lake. David got really mad, so he started walking towards the frozen lake to go get the gift he had given Millie.
Brian is the straight “A” student with the high GPA, and easily bullied mostly jocks. As he strives to make an easy “A” he takes shop as a class and fails, he mentions in the film about how he thought he could pass that class and increase his GPA stating “have you seen the people who take shop?” during that scene, John Bender (the criminal) say’s “I take shop”, now the brain is being stereotypical towards the criminal. John is the rebel, the trouble maker, pot smoker and not one to attend class. John is the guy who gets detention for the following two months due to talking back sarcastically to the principal of the school showing his toughness and not being scared of anyone. We also have Allison (the basket case) the girl no one includes in any of the school cliques, she’s mostly the loaner and insecure.
Done BY: Van Kenneth B. Balaoro Chapter 1 – Pep Rally Screaming, cheering, and roaring echoed throughout the school hallways of Hester McKinley High School. Then, there was Dylan. He was in detention for answering back to the teacher. This was not the case. Flashback: It was fifth period – English class.
You snitch the other day on me in school punk?” Corner Boy 1 is a schoolmate of Omar, and is three grades above him. A couple of days ago at school, Omar became the only person to witness Corner Boy 1 sticking up one of his best friends Manny in the second floor boy’s bathroom. Omar didn’t want to get in trouble with Corner Boy 1 because he was a Corner Boy, and therefore decided not to be a snitch, and rat him out to the principal. Omar: “I ain’t no damn snitch.” Corner Boy 1 grabs Omar by the collar, tearing it slightly. Corner Boy 1: “That shit ain’t what I heard!” Omar pushes Corner Boy 1.
Stradlater only had one option, he had to punch Holden. Which knocked him on the floor. His nose began to bleed. Than Stradlater looked at him and said “Why the hell don’t’cha shut up when I tellya to? You asked for it, God damn it.” Holden layed there on the floor, yelling at Stardlater, calling him a “moron sonuvabitch”.
Right when he gets it taken off one of the school bullies tries to assault him. Ender brutally puts him down. Ender just thinks that he knocked out the bully but later in the book he discovers that he killed him. After that incident Colonel Graff meets Ender at his house and tells him that he is going to Command School. He cries and has to say bye to
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Summery Ender, a child of six, has been monitored carefully to see if he qualifies for Battle School. The monitor was attached to neck so that the officials of the International Fleet, specifically Colonel Graff, could effectively "be inside Ender's mind." After Ender's monitor is removed, several boys in his class, led by the bully Stilson, corner him and abuse him, knowing that the officials can no longer watch what happens. But Ender tricks Stilson into fighting him alone, and Ender beats him badly. Ender cries, showing his remorse at being so ruthless, being more like his sadistic brother Peter than his compassionate sister Valentine.
How does he solve it? He is a Native American and transfers from a poor native American high school to an all white school filled with racist whites. And he is often bullied and he ends up punching the bully in the face and the bully doesn’t bully him anymore 10.) What time period did the book take place? 2006-2007 and one chapter takes place Thursday, November 19, 2006 4:41 p.m. Comprehension 13.)
In the Lord of the Flies, Jack has been trying to destroy Ralph since chapter 1 because he wanted power. “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief” (112). Jack is telling the boys that Ralph is a coward and doesn’t deserve being leader.