[오늘의 한문장] Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

Pluto

"Chris, what do you want me to say?" Mom answered. "They‘re our friends. Isabel is my good friend, just like Auggie is your good friend. And when good friends need us, we do what we can to help them, right? We can‘t just be friends when it‘s convenient. Good friendships are worth a little extra effort!"
When I didn‘t say anything, she kissed my hand.
"I promise I‘ll only be a few minutes late," she said.
But she wasn‘t just a few minutes late. She ended up being morethan an hour late. - P126

[오늘의 한문장] Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

Grandmère stroked my head and hugged me.
"Julian," she said softly. "You are so young. The things you did, you know they were not right. But that does not mean you - P83

are not capable of doing right. It only means that you chose todo wrong. This is what I mean when I say you made a mistake. It was the same with me. I made a mistake with Tourteau.
"But the good thing about life, Julian," she continued, "is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better. I never made a mistake like the one I made with Tourteau again, not with anyone in my life. And I have had avery, very long life. You will learn from your mistake, too. You must promise yourself that you will never behave like that with anyone else again. One mistake does not define you, Julian. Doyou understand me? You must simply act better next time."
I nodded, but I still cried for a long, long time after that. - P84

[오늘의 한문장] Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

"You know," he said, "one of the things you learn when you get old like me is that sometimes, a new situation will come along, and you‘ll have no idea what to do. There‘s no rule book that tells you how to act in every given situation in life, you know? So what I always say is that it‘s always better to err on the side of kindness. That‘s the secret. If you don‘t know what to do, just be kind. You can’t go wrong. - P13

[오늘의 한문장] Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

Introduction

I am truly blessed that readers of Wonder feel close enough to him to envision for themselves how his life will go. I know they understand that just because I chose to end Wonder on a happy day in Auggie‘s life, it doesn‘t guarantee him a happy life. He will surely face more than his fair share of challenges as he grows older, with new ups and downs, new friends, other Julians and Jacks and, of course, Summers. - P13

You are a wonder

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.
옳음과 친절함 중 하나를 선택해야 한다면, 친절함을 선택해라.

이 책은 첫째의 추천으로 읽기 시작. 영화가 개봉했을 때 보았기 때문에 내용은 대충 알았지만, 깨알 글자 크기에 300페이지가 넘는 분량이라 읽기 난이도가 있을 것 같아 얇은 책을 조금 더 읽고 읽겠다고 했으나 “진짜 쉽다”는 강조에 읽기 시작했다. 진짜 진짜 쉽다. 문장이 아주 짧고 어려운 단어도 많지 않다(대충 때려잡기 가능^^). 여태 까지 읽은 영어 책 중에 가장 쉬운 수준이다.

선천적 안면기형으로 태어난 열 살 소년 Auggie가 엄마와의 홈스쿨링을 벗어나 처음으로 학교에 가면서 벌어지는 이야기. 장애를 갖고 태어난 아이와 그 가족의 사랑과 헌신, 외모에 대한 사람들의 편견, 아이들의 왕따와 괴롭힘, 그럼에도 Auggie와 함께하는 친구들과의 우정.

이 책의 각 챕터는 Auggie와 그의 누나 Via, Auggie의 학교 친구 Summer와 Jack, Via의 남자친구 Justin, Via의 오랜 친구 Miranda 등 Auggie와 그 주변인물들의 관점에서 각자의 고민과 관계를 풀어낸다.

Auggie 부모님같은 부모가 가능할까? Wonderful한 부모다.

다음 책은 Auggie & Me!