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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
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Untuk yang sudah membaca [b:Wonder|11387515|Wonder|R.J. Palacio|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1366213431s/11387515.jpg|16319487]masih ingat Julian, anak yang seharusnya menjadi pendamping Auggie di sekolah yang baru, tapi justru mem-bully Auggie? Yang orang tua-nya mengeluarkan tuntutan ke pihak sekolah agar Auggie dikeluarkan?
Kali ini Julian sendiri yang bercerita tentang apa yang dialaminya sejak bertemu Auggie. Sebenarnya Julian memiliki "masalah" traumatik sendiri, dimana dia sering mengalami mimpi buruk jika melihat sesuatu yang menakutkan. Auggie yang pada dasarnya memiliki wajah yang tidak lazim membuat Julian ketakutan. Efeknya Julian jadi benci pada Auggie dan mencari cara agar semua temannya juga merasakan hal yang sama. Tapi sebaliknya, makin banyak yang bersimpati kepada Auggie.
Ketika Julian akhirnya pindah sekolah (atas kehendak orang tuanya), Julian mendapatkan pencerahan dari neneknya. Neneknya menceritakan sebuah kisah penting dalam hidupnya di masa lalu, dimana dia yang tadinya membenci seorang anak yang cacat, justru diselamatkan oleh anak itu. Julian jadi sadar bahwa apa yang dilakukannya salah.
Novella penggalan kisah Julian dalam cerita Wonder mau menunjukkan bahwa seringkali jika seorang anak melakukan bully terhadap temannya, bisa jadi ada trauma yang mengganggunya sehingga dia melakukan hal tersebut. Pesan moral lainnya (tetap) jangan menilai seseorang dari penampilannya.
Kali ini Julian sendiri yang bercerita tentang apa yang dialaminya sejak bertemu Auggie. Sebenarnya Julian memiliki "masalah" traumatik sendiri, dimana dia sering mengalami mimpi buruk jika melihat sesuatu yang menakutkan. Auggie yang pada dasarnya memiliki wajah yang tidak lazim membuat Julian ketakutan. Efeknya Julian jadi benci pada Auggie dan mencari cara agar semua temannya juga merasakan hal yang sama. Tapi sebaliknya, makin banyak yang bersimpati kepada Auggie.
Ketika Julian akhirnya pindah sekolah (atas kehendak orang tuanya), Julian mendapatkan pencerahan dari neneknya. Neneknya menceritakan sebuah kisah penting dalam hidupnya di masa lalu, dimana dia yang tadinya membenci seorang anak yang cacat, justru diselamatkan oleh anak itu. Julian jadi sadar bahwa apa yang dilakukannya salah.
Novella penggalan kisah Julian dalam cerita Wonder mau menunjukkan bahwa seringkali jika seorang anak melakukan bully terhadap temannya, bisa jadi ada trauma yang mengganggunya sehingga dia melakukan hal tersebut. Pesan moral lainnya (tetap) jangan menilai seseorang dari penampilannya.
I liked seeing what Julian's point of view on the story Wonder was. We never really got to know him in the original book, so getting a sneak-peak on his reasons to do what he did was nice.
Interesting to finally hear Julian's side of the story.
2014
5 stars
Good addition to the Wonder story. Still don't like Julian's mom all that much. But I did like his Grandmère. She showed Julian what empathy and remorse truely was.
5 stars
Good addition to the Wonder story. Still don't like Julian's mom all that much. But I did like his Grandmère. She showed Julian what empathy and remorse truely was.
This started slowly for me but the story was so powerful that it left me with tears rolling down my face. I loved it.
I wish R.J. Palacio would write another book, because Wonder will always be one of my favorite books. I'm a better person for reading it. I'm trying to tide myself over with her additional chapters. It was interesting to get Julian's story.
I loved Wonder so much, read it awhile ago. Reading this made me hate how cruel this kid was all over again. And how his parents justified his bad behavior.... That's a huge problem in society now, parents thinking their kids do no wrong even when there is evidence.
What made this story worse was how it took the suffering of a loved one for Julian to see his wrong.
I'm honestly disgusted with this story because of how the author uses one form of mental illness as a plot device to be cruel to another. As if that justifies anything Julian did as a bully. It does not. Horrible message to send to people. I've been bullied, I'm in therapy now still reeling from the terrible thing people said about my skin during my school years. It hurts.
Reading this story just made me so sad because this is such a real thing. People thinking so little of others, being cruel, and then using their money to buy their way out of being in trouble. Awful.
What made this story worse was how it took the suffering of a loved one for Julian to see his wrong.
I'm honestly disgusted with this story because of how the author uses one form of mental illness as a plot device to be cruel to another. As if that justifies anything Julian did as a bully. It does not. Horrible message to send to people. I've been bullied, I'm in therapy now still reeling from the terrible thing people said about my skin during my school years. It hurts.
Reading this story just made me so sad because this is such a real thing. People thinking so little of others, being cruel, and then using their money to buy their way out of being in trouble. Awful.
