How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"What's a lamb to the slaughter?" I said.
Mom sighed and gave Daddy a "look."
"I shouldn't have said that," Dad said, looking at me in the rear view mirror. "It's not true. Here's the thing: Mommy and I love you so much we want to protect you any way we can. It's just sometimes we want to do it in different ways." (1.Driving.34-36)
Do you agree that sending Auggie to school is like sending a lamb to the slaughter? Do you think middle school is the best time for a drastically different-looking kid to join the mainstream?
Quote #5
August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun. The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun. (2.A Tour of the Galaxy.1)
Via seems to have accepted this ordering of her family universe on one level, but she also gives us lots of clues that she is beginning to resent it. What kinds of things give Via the impression that "the galaxy is changing?"
Quote #6
"I love Auggie very, very much," she said softly. […] "But he has many angels looking out for him already, Via. And I want you to know that you have me looking out for you. […] I want you to know that you are number one for me. […] You are my everything."
I understood her. And I knew why she said it was a secret. Grandmothers aren't supposed to have favorites. Everyone knows that. But after she died, I held on to that secret and let it cover me like a blanket. (2.Seeing August.13-14)
It's nobody's fault: Auggie's medical stuff has, by necessity, taken up nearly all the bandwidth of parental attention in the Pullman family. Via's grandmother totally sees this though, and she makes it her mission to give Via the extra-special, high-beam love she needs. Three cheers for Grans.