While on the surface the book The Wednesday Wars may appear to be a simple coming-of-age novel set in the late 1960s, there are many underlying lessons interwoven in its pages and in the experiences of Holling Hoodhood. The climax of the book centers on the architectural tour that Holling and Mrs. Baker take, wherein Holling discovers something much larger that resides within himself—the ability to see beyond the surface of things, as children are prone to do. Holling begins to pay attention to what is inside—from physical structures to individual people and events that are taking place all around him. In learning to see more deeply into the world around him, Holling shows an awakening into manhood, leading to his ability to both recognize and admire Mrs. Baker, the woman he had assumed hated him all along. He now sees her actions from a man's point of view, rather than a child's.
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