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What does Auggie's childhood look like from Via's view?

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Via's section serves another important purpose in the novel: it fills in information that Auggie's opening section did not provide. Readers get a detailed description of how Auggie's face looks, an issue that was skirted in the first section. Readers also learn about the Pullmans' family background, as Palacio offers a new perspective on Auggie and Via's upbringing. All of these details that Via provides paint a fuller picture of the world that Auggie lives in and the experiences he has had.

Via is someone whose own life has been profoundly affected by Auggie's condition; it is clear right away that she often feels neglected and overshadowed. Via is in an extremely difficult position, wanting to be treated as a more important part of her family but also feeling guilty about her desire for attention, since Auggie has gone through worse struggles than she has.

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. The only celestial body that doesn't orbit August the Sun is Daisy the dog, and that's only because to her little doggy eyes, August's face doesn't look very different from any other human's face. To Daisy, all our faces look alike, as flat and pale as the moon.

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Wonder. pg. 62