Wonder By R J Palacio Essay

In the novel, Wonder, written by R.J. Palacio, the character Via Pullman is the sister of the main character, August Pullman. Via has one of the major roles in the novel because, as Auggie’s sister, she plays a major part in his life and in his experience through school. Via lived a difficult life in her own way. Her life was not as difficult as her brother’s because his sufferings, surgeries, and fear to be seen do not compare to the normal problems she had. She loved her brother, but she tended to feel as if she was alone and she was not given much attention. Via was having difficulty with entering a new high school and losing old friends, she lost the only person who she felt cared the most for her, and sometimes she would see her brother’s deformation as a burden, but also wanted to show him off to the world. Via was entering her first year of high school as her younger brother, Auggie, was going to school for the first time and entering fifth grade. She felt uncared for because it seemed that all of her parents’ attention was towards Auggie to see if he would like school without quite realizing that Via was also going to start a new school and was scared, yet happy. Via knew that starting a new school would mean that she would meet new people and …show more content…
She once viewed him like the other people, “... who would stare or look away,” have because she had been staying with her Grans for a while and began to feel “normal” (Palacios 86). Although Via had moments like these, she was never embarrassed by Auggie. If she were embarrassed by him, she would not have shown him to her best friends. She also would not have taken her boyfriend to meet him. She loved Auggie and would enjoy presenting him as her younger