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Wonder

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What I Take Away From Wonder

There are a lot of things that I liked, and that I learned from. But I’m going to tell you about a couple things that stood out for me. For example, Mr. Browne’s precepts, such as “Choose Kind”or “Your deeds are your monuments. I also particularly enjoy some of the quotes. Here is my favourite quote from the book.

Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one’s heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is visible to the eye.

– Antoine de Saint Exupery, “The Little Prince”

Some of the MAIN characters are:

 

  • August
  • Julian
  • Jack
  • Summer
  • Via
  • Justin
  • Miranda
  • Mom
  • Dad
  • Daisy
  • Mr. Tushman
  • Mr. Brown
  • (That is just naming a few!!!)

Now, let’s move onto a topic which is, ATTITUDE

I DEFINITELY think that Julian showed some negative attitude towards August.

(e.g. leaving notes, criticising August, etc.)

But I ALSO think that August showed some negative attitude towards himself too.

(e.g. Criticising his facial deformity, saying he looked “ugly”, etc.)

If I kept going, it would take a long, long time… so, bye for now!

 

March Precept

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The March precept is: “Kind words do not cost much, yet they accomplish much.” I completely agree with this. Kind words really don’t cost you anything, other than time, and if you have time reading this, then you probably also have time to say kind words. Anyway, I completely agree with this, because all you have to do to cheer someone up is to say something kind to them, which doesn’t cost a thing, and yet, just one kind worded sentence is enough to make a person happy. I really have nothing else to say, other than this is a very important life lesson, and, as a precept, it follows what a precept should do. A precept is something to live by, and literally everyone lives by this precept, and if not, then they really should change, because kind words can heal wounds, can help people, and most of all, give new meaning and determination to a person, with just a few kind words.

April Precept

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April Precept: “What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful” – Sappho. My thoughts on this precept are different because what is beautiful isn’t necessarily good. Sure, it’s beautiful or cool or whatever word you use, but that doesn’t make it good. An example to prove my point are fish, and pretty much everything else underwater. More specifically, rockfish. It’s an absurd example, and I don’t think everyone will see it in real life or on camera, but the author DID say “What is beautiful is good,” so I kinda have to criticise everything about it and post my opinion so yea. More to the point though, a rockfish may look pretty, but don’t touch one unless you wanna get poisoned, and that’s not good. And that’s just one of the examples I could give you. Now what I would do to fix this, I would simply rephrase the first part, but that’s just my opinion. As for the second part, I would agree with it a little more than the first part, mainly because many people that have been good to the world also became beautiful, but that doesn’t mean that everyone who is good is automatically beautiful. That being said, in due time, everyone will be beautiful. Except for the lazy people, they never accomplish anything. All in all, this precept needs to be changed, at least in my opinion, and while I don’t necessarily agree with this precept all that much, its still a good one, but I don’t see where or in what situation you can ever use its advice in your life, cause that’s what precepts are for, right? Something to live by, and I don’t see how you’re supposed to live by it, so in my opinion changing it will not only help it to be understood better, but it may also give it a meaning in life that you could follow. And those are my final words.