some important ideas in the story wonder by rj palicio wonder is all about overcoming diffrences and making memories. I think that the important idea is you have to learn to love yourself throughout the story auggie starts school this year and throughout the year kids start to change there opinion about auggie and he also thinks about himself different.

In the beginning he starts out saying " I am not a ordinary ten year old boy yes I do ordinary things like i eat ice cream i ride my bike I play catch and play my Xbox. This shows that in the beginning what he thinks of himself he refers to himself as not an ordinary boy he literally knows this because ordinary kids do not make ordinary kids run away.  This supports my claim because he has to learn to love himself this is at the begging where he hates his deformity and hates himself for having it. When I first read this i immediately knew there was something wrong with his body. and one more clue to that he does not love himself in the begginig of the story on page 43 he tries so hard to not get noticed and even raise his head up from his desk just so kids can not look at him.

in his mind he thinks how can I love myself if other kids hate me call me the freak.  But the truth is for anyone to have others even like you you have to like yourself.  He does not know it but other kids do like him Christopher and summer like aguast and his family loves him.  He does not see it that way and so until aguast truly knows they love him he will never be able to love himself.  This was starting to happen but then a  huge set back  emerged jack will said in front of aguast that he did not like aguast in fact said "if i looked like that I would kill myself "this made aguast not just not love himself but at this point he hates himself.

On page 165 to 167 aguast and jack are most likely texting and becaume friends over jack punching jullian.  Jack did not mean what he said he did not relize th