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Auggie, a kid who has a disease that makes his facial area deformed. This disease is very rare. Auggie is a nice kid but people think different because of his disease. Auggie gets bullied a lot at Beecher Prep. Beecher Prep is a school that Auggie is getting bullied at. This is actually Auggie's first time going to school. His mom was very worried about Auggie going to school because of what kids would think about his face. Even though kids at Beecher Prep changed their minds about August, Most of them bullied August because they judged his appearance, They wanted to follow Julian, and they were afraid of August because of what he looked like.

First of all, Auggie's appearance is different from other kids. Other kids bully Auggie because
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From the article “Herd Behavior” people follow the crowd because they don't want to get bullied. In the “Wonder book” Auggie got bullied a lot because people are to afraid to stand up to the haters. Hitler put a couple people in the crowd to clap to encourage people to clap with them. People studied peoples brains to see why people go with the crowd and it's because people would rather go and follow someone then not to. People are not going to do something different then what a lot of people are doing. No one is going to leave the pack. It's never someone being mean it's always someone making them do …show more content…
People that are popular have a bigger chance of spreading a rumor about a person hen a person who is new. Jack Will makes fun of Auggie because of Auggies face. Not saying it spread not that fast because it did but Auggie was new to the school, so it was unfair to him that he was new because people were just getting used to Auggie then Jack. Fear is what bullies use to bully people. In the study. In the article “Why do people follow the crowd.” MRI’s showed the fear area of the brain highers up when a person goes against a group. Also people that bully have a higher chance of fear levels than regular

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