Blog #5
When I was in 5th grade, our class read Wonder. We all sat on the carpet waiting patiently for our teacher to start the read aloud. This was the first encounter that I had with this specific point of view. Each chapter of the book was dedicated to one of the characters, and we would see through the eyes of that character. What fascinated me was why did the author choose to do this? As I got older I realized why? Olivia, Auggie's older sister, said “ August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun.” I felt like the answer was so that the book didn’t just revolve around Auggie but so everyone had a moment to be revolved around. This was my first epiphany about point of view, that I will probably never forget.