The Wednesday Wars

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Wednesday Wars- March
“So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference”- President Thomas S. Monson. In the novel The Wednesday Wars, authored by Gary D.Schmidt, the school cook, Mrs. Bigio despises a student in Holling Hoodhood’s class. Mrs. Bigio dislikes Mai Thi because she was from Vietnam; Mrs.Bigio’s husband lost his life fighting in Vietnam. The discrimination against Mai Thai escalates quickly after the discovery of Sycorax and Caliban (the class pets who are rats). Soon after finding the class pets many students also discover that people in Vietnam enjoy eating rats. I think that it was at this point; after more students started bothering Mai Thi, that Mrs. Bigio