During the past four days I read two books that are kind of similar. They were Wonder by R.J. Palacio, and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. In a way, they were both about stereotypes, with The Outsiders making it a more evident theme.
In The Outsiders there are 2 stereotypical groups, the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs are the rich kids who don't have to work for anything and the Greasers are the poorer kids who don't have much. In our world, stereotypes play a part in life while in The Outsiders it is the core theme combining with all of the teenage struggles they are dealing with.On the contrary, August in Wonder has his different "teenage struggles" that he has to deal with. He starts off the book by saying, "If I found a magic lamp and I could have 1 wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and doing that look-away thing." (Palacio 3) Usually, when someone's one and only wish is to be ordinary, you know they are anything but that. In August's case, he was born with a facial deformity and has gone through a countless number of surgeries.
But what is the connection between these two books?
