I think that Mr. Brown’s October precept is very important to Auggie because he thinks “Your deeds are your monuments” is very important because he thinks that is how people should view him. Instead of focusing on how he looks, they should focus on what he does, because people gossip about him, talk behind his back, and make fun of him. If people focused on what people did, not what they looked like, they would find out that Auggie is very kind, caring, and trustworthy, so Auggie would have lots of friends and would be very popular. But people can’t see past his face. Auggie thinks that what you do is more important than what you look like, and what you say, and I agree with him!

The reason I think this is important to the story is because Auggie’s decisions are influenced by Mr. Brown and his precepts. Because Auggie looks at the world differently than other people. Instead of focusing on what people look like, he focuses on what they say or they do. This impacts the story because when people do rude things to him, he doesn’t automatically think they’re bad people because everyone can ask him “Why is your face like that?”, but it’s okay for people to be curious. This is how the precept effects his outlook which is important to the story.