The very anticipated movie of the year 'Wonder' is something that has been on everyone's tongue lately. This book describes the life of a fictional character named Auggie with a facial deformity called Treacher Collins Syndrome. This article, however tries to bring to light that Auggie's fictional life is actually a reality for hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. born with a facial deformity. In order to engage the reader and have them connect the book to reality, the author uses an appeal to ethos as well as allusion to further connect Auggie's character other's with facial deformities. One of the main tools utilized in this article to bring out the claim was the author's appeal to ethos. Credibility in her statement had opened the reader's eyes to a world that they had only read about in a book, but haven't gotten the chance to experience. Her credibility through kids around the same age as Auggie provides further insight on the life of a young child with a facial deformity. Shane Vysocky, a 7-year old with Crouzon syndrome, a syndrome affecting the growth of the skull, had started his first day off school. He had brought everything a normal student would bring on their first day off school, except one special thing he had brought was his CT scan of his head. This was so he could inform new kids of his condition that hadn't know him previously. Most first graders haven't ever had CT scan, let alone bring them to school so you could explain to your friends why you have the scan with you. Shane also describes the halo he had to wear around his head during the summer months after a big surgery, and according to him that halo was "screwed to [his] skull. [He] couldn't take it off." The image of such a young child having to go through this really opens that eyes of the reader to a world that they often overlook. Allusion is also another tool that the author implements a little bit to connect real life experiences with kids with facial deformities to Auggie's story. For example, the author of the article uses Auggie's first day of school and compares it to Shane Vysocky's first day. This obviously emphasizes the title of the "Real Life 'Wonder' Families." Another young individual, Emily Merrill has a very rare facial condition called goldenhar syndrome, which is basically the incomplete development of the face. According to the article, just like Auggie she has had to have over 20 surgeries to try and improve her face. This makes something that seems so far-fetched in a fictional book come to life to someone who has had to go through over twenty surgeries in order to improve their quality of life. In the article it states that in the book 'Wonder' Auggie says that Halloween is the best holiday in the world and it's Emily's as well, probably for very similar reasons. Emily says that "I get to go around like every other kid with a mask and nobody thinks I'm weird. Nobody takes a second look." If one reads the book, they would know that Auggie had wore a helmet everywhere he went which was his "mask". In all the author had given these allusions to draw comparisons from Auggie's fictional life to these kids reality. This article is meant to open the eyes of readers and make them understand that this isn't just something that you read in books or watch in movies, this is a very harsh and insecure reality for thousands across the country. This is Shane Vysocky and his 'halo'. He had to wear this for four months after he had a major surgery to rearrange his jaws. He wasn't able to take the device off because it was screwed to his skull. http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/19/health/wonder-movie-real-parents-profile/index.html
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