Previous
August: Jack Will
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Wonder, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
The Difficulty of Kindness
Independence and Growing Up
Status and Bullying
Identity
Parenting and Guidance
Summary
Analysis
Mr. Browne's October precept is "your deeds are your monuments." He explains that the saying originally appeared on an Egyptian tombstone and asks the students to write about what they think the precept means. August writes that it means that people should be remembered by the things they do, as actions are more important than anything else and will last longer than anything else.
This precept begins to lay the groundwork and the reasoning for August's kindness: he understands already the power of behaving kindly and helping others. Those are the kinds of things that people will remember.
Themes
