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用一天半的时间一口气读完了，内心总是激荡着阵阵暖流。感动之余，书中一针见血的妙语也不断触发着我对人性和生活的思考。
故事梗概
这是一本关于真善美和成长的治愈系小说。主人公是一个从出生起就面部严重变形的(deformed)小男孩August，先天性毁容带给了他巨大的痛苦。然而幸运的是，他拥有一个无比温暖的家庭，爸爸、妈妈和姐姐Via带给他了无尽的关心与爱。August不寻常的外表为他的校园生活带来了巨大的挑战，他除了要战胜自己的心理障碍，还必须应对来自同学们的各种反应。他遭到不怀好意的学生的嘲讽和侮辱，但也结交了许多真诚善良的好友。在亲人和朋友的帮助下，Jusitn凭着积极乐观的生活态度和巨大的勇气赢得了整个学校的认可与尊重。
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独特的叙事视角
故事的叙述视角和《怦然心动》（Flipped）很像，属于多角度叙事，分别从August自己、姐姐Via和她的男友Justin、好友Summer和Jack、姐姐的好友Miranda六个视角切入，让我们不断变换看问题的角度，逐渐解开事件背后的真相，并进而思考人性的复杂性。用文中的话来说：
There are always more than two sides to every story. 这对我们自己的生活也极具启迪性：put yourself in other's shoes，尝试换个角度看问题，误会矛盾往往就迎刃而解了。
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书中的 aha moments
1.我们很容易在无意中伤害别人
Jack和姐姐第一次在大街上见到August的时候，Jack忍不住盯着August看，表现出极端惊讶的表情，姐姐训斥了他，Jack辩解道：
"But we didn't mean it," I answered.
"Jack, sometimes you don't have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone. You understand?" 2. 物以类聚，人以群分（like seeks like）
It's kind of funny how parents actually end up forming the same little groups their kids form. 很有意思的一个描写，孩子是父母的翻版，玩的来的孩子，父母们也合得来。
3. 很多时候担心是多余的，人容易杞人忧天
Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing. 4. 你今天过得再惨，世界还是在照常运转。
It's so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that's the worst in your life, but to everybody else it's just an ordinary night. ... Or maybe it was even a good day. Maybe somebody won the lottery today. 所以何必纠结于暂时的不顺？Let it go，重新投入生活才是王道。
5. 有些情绪很难伪装或掩饰，比如惊讶。
Surprise is one of those emotions that can be hard to fake, though, whether you're trying to look surprised when you're not or trying to not look surprised when you are.
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人性的弱点
面对August严重变形的脸，旁人的反应可以说是微缩版的众生相了。
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比如：
女老师Mrs. Garcia：
When I looked up at her, Mrs. Garcia's eyes dropped for a second. It was so fast no one else would have noticed, since the rest of her face stayed exactly the same. She was smiling a really shiny smile. 老师很有教养，她尽量压抑住自己的惊讶，迅速调整情绪，用假笑来自我掩饰。
同学Justin：
"Can I ask you a question?" he said. ... "What's the deal with your face?" I mean, were you in a fire or something?" Justin粗鲁的提问一下就暴露出他是个被宠坏了孩子，丝毫不顾及他人的感受。后面的故事也证明了他就是一个虚伪的两面派。
故事中这样的细节很多，感兴趣的读者可以细细品读，体会不同人物的性格特点。
暖心治愈系
故事的情节非常暖心，让人收获满满的爱的正能量。
August问妈妈，在天堂我们怎么才能认出自己的亲人呢？妈妈的回答直戳泪点：
You don't need your eyes to love, right? You just feel it inside you. That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love. 令人不禁想起《寻梦环游记》里的台词 "Remember me before the memory of love disappears." 两者异曲同工，爱让人永生。
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故事结尾处Mr. Tushman在期末典礼上的讲话也令人印象深刻，他提倡“kinder than is necessary”
And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.
颁奖环节时，August获得了一项特别奖项，表彰那些为学校做出了表率作用的学生（to honor students who have been notable or exemplary in certain areas）
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Mr. Tushman在陈述获奖理由时说：
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
“He is the greatest,” he finally continued, "whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own." 的确，August用自己的乐观坚强赢得了大家的认可与尊重，他的勇气就像一团火焰，使大家的心都汇聚在一起，共同向我们述说着这个真善美的成长童话。
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注：Wonder（《奇迹男孩》）同名电影已于1.19日上映，打分高达9.1，感兴趣的小伙伴可以把书和电影结合起来看哦~
http://weixin.qq.com/r/7DhkfJrEbccSrd4f923_ (二维码自动识别)
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发表于 2022-9-21 14:07:52