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In these series of text messages, I described a couple of conflicts that occur in the rising action and climax of the novel Wonder, by R.J Palacio. In the text threads, August the main character is talking with his friend Jack, about their friendship. August is not any normal child if you take in is outer looks. As August struggles with his first year in Middle School, he struggles to fit in. “Would you want to kill yourself if you were me?” (167) August’s feels as an “Outsider” in Beecher Prep, and hopes to change that. Julian a teacher- pet or otherwise the “Antagonist ” of the novel Wonder feels that August does not belong at Beecher Prep. “ Did you really punch Julian” (165). With Jack struggling to decided who really is his friend, he eventually passes the boiling point with Julian and punches him. However, August finds out that Jack told Julian that he was only hanging out with him because the principal told him too. On page 164 Palacio writes “Sorry. I just really wanted to say that.” Jack tries to apologize to August, however, August feels as if he was stabbed in the back. With bullies around the corner, August struggles to be seen as just another person in the crowd.
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