Quotes
- "Don't judge a boy by his face."
- Like the quote "Don't judge a book by it's cover" you can't judge something just by looks.
- "I won't describe what I look like, Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse."
- August was born with a left palate and other "small anomalies"
- "I've thought about this a lot, and I really think... if I looked like him seriously, I think I'd kill myself."
- This was said by Jack, Auggie's best friend, on Halloween. He didn't know that Auggie was standing right behind him in a costume that he didn't know he was wearing. So his best friend basically said something really terrible behind his back to be included with the other kids.
- "We knew the second they opened the door and Daisy wasn't with them that Daisy was gone"
- Daisy was the family dog that suffered from an illness so she had to be put down. It had a major impact on the family.
- "Lamb to the slaughter..."
- Auggie was accepted into a school but his father referred to it as a "lamb to the slaughter" because Auggie would be going into a school with a bunch of kids he doesn't know that may or may not bully him.
- "The Emperor's Guard"
- Miles, Amos, and Henry plus Jack all stood with Auggie against some 7th graders that were making fun of him in the woods. They all surrounded him and it made him feel like he had guards of his own.
- "What's the deal with your face? I mean, were you in a fire or something?"
- When Julian, Charlotte and Jack were giving a tour of the school to Auggie they were exchanging questions and Julian asked him a rude question.
- "I didn't destroy the Death Star or anything like that, but I did just get through the fifth grade. And that's not easy, even if you're me"
- All his struggles doesn't make him special but considering the fact that he made it through the fifth grade does make him a pretty amazing boy.
- "I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives."
- "Sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone."
- When he wanted to get back at Julian for being a jerk he punched him in the face.
Symbols
- Astronaut Helmet
- Auggie' has a deep attachment to his astronaut helmet. He got it from his sister's best friend "Miranda" and he usually uses it for comfort because Miranda is like a sister to him. He really uses it to cover his face though.
- Padawan
- Auggie has a braid at the back of his head, It is a reference from Star Wars which is Auggie's favorite movie. Padawan was a Jedi apprentice.
- Daisy
- Daisey is the family dog and Auggie's most prized possession. He takes comfort in Daisy whenever he has a rough time. Daisy was a very old dog who soon fell into an illness. Auggie's parents had to take her into he animal hospital to put her down which was very hard for them all.
- Bleeding Scream
- On Halloween, Auggie wanted to dress as Boba Fett it he couldn't get a costume so he dressed as Bleeding scream.His friend Jack thought he would be Boba Fett and never expected to see Bleeding scream and one day in lass he was talking bad about him not realizing that Auggie was right behind him.
- Julian
- Julian's grandmother met a nice young man during the Holocaust. He helped her survive it by hiding her from the Germans. He took care of her and soon fell in love. His name was Julian and when Julian heard that he was named after him, his perspective of the whole changed because Julian had some anomalies just like Julian.