In the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio the character, Auggie Pullman, can be described as both intelligent and self-conscious. After reading the novel there are many examples of these two character traits.
First of, Auggie is an intelligent child, in page 30 of the novel, they were talking about the science elective that Auggie wanted to join. Then Julian said “supposably” rather than “supposedly” Auggie corrected him and they argued a little bit about it, then Julian became salty at Auggie after that conversation. “ 'The words 'supposedly,' by the way,' I said.
'What are you talking about?'
'You said 'supposably' before,' I said. 'I did not!'
'Yeah you did,' Charlotte nodded. 'You said the science elective is supposably really hard. I heard you.'
'I absolutely did not,' he insisted. …show more content…
'Let's just go.' “. Another reason is the precept Auggie wrote for October on page 65, his precept is deep and he is making connections about monuments, he also used some big words like “mortality”. “ This precept means that we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we look like. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made out of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you. That's why your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of with
First of, Auggie is an intelligent child, in page 30 of the novel, they were talking about the science elective that Auggie wanted to join. Then Julian said “supposably” rather than “supposedly” Auggie corrected him and they argued a little bit about it, then Julian became salty at Auggie after that conversation. “ 'The words 'supposedly,' by the way,' I said.
'What are you talking about?'
'You said 'supposably' before,' I said. 'I did not!'
'Yeah you did,' Charlotte nodded. 'You said the science elective is supposably really hard. I heard you.'
'I absolutely did not,' he insisted. …show more content…
'Let's just go.' “. Another reason is the precept Auggie wrote for October on page 65, his precept is deep and he is making connections about monuments, he also used some big words like “mortality”. “ This precept means that we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we look like. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made out of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you. That's why your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of with