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We learn that Olivia and Justin are trying out for a role in the play Our Town. We also learn that, according to the grapevine, the drama teacher had been planning to do The Elephant Man, but at the last minute he changed his mind. Wonder why...?

Justin talks about how cool it is that Olivia makes things like earrings our of pieces of circuit boards or dresses out of t-shirts, or bags out of old jeans. For Valentine's Day she gets him a messenger bag made out of old floppy disks. How romantic!

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Justin walks with Jack to the bus stop. He says Jack's "got a gravelly voice, like a little tough guy. he kind of looks like one of those little-rascal kids in old black-and-white movies, like he should be wearing a newsboy cap and knickers."

At the end of Part Four, Justin tells Auggie and Jack that he is the fiddler in a zydeco band. He describes zydeco as a type of music, like Creole music that began in Louisiana. Now at the beginning of Part Five, Justin mentions it again. Let's watch a clip of a live performance to get a better understanding of zydeco.

Justin explains how he traded his baroque violin for an eight-string hardanger fiddle. Do you think you would be able to tell the difference between the two?

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Before Reading

Take a look at the first page of Justin's section. Notice anything? Why would the author choose to write Part Five in this way?

Justin's section is introduced with a quote from The Elephant Man, a play that is based on the life of Joseph (sometimes called John) Merrick who lived in the 1800s. When John was two years old, growths began to appear on his face. As he grew older, his appearance continued to change and his head grew eventually to be 36 inches around! Three whole feet!

The name "The Elephant Man" comes from John Merrick's time in a carnival freak show where people paid to look at "freaks." He eventually did leave the freak show, but died in a hospital at the age of 27.

In one line of the play, John Merrick says the words quoted at the beginning of Justin's section:

"Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is full of dreams."

*What do Auggie and The Elephant Man have in common?

*Why do you think that this quote would be used to open Justin's section?

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Part Five: Justin

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