Lamb to the Slaughter
- Auggie has googled the lamb to the slaughter expression and learned that it is "Something you say about someone who goes somewhere calmly, not knowing that something unpleasant is going to happen to them" (1.Lamb to the Slaughter.1).
- He is thinking about this when Ms. Petosa calls on him.
- When he mumbles, Ms. Petosa makes him speak up—so Auggie forces himself to look up and speak clearly.
- When the teacher asks if anyone has questions for Auggie, guess who does? Yup, Julian.
- He asks if Auggie's braid is a Padawan braid, and Auggie has to admit that it is.
- The teacher is politely interested and pursues the topic, not realizing that Julian is laying a trap.
- Julian asks Auggie who his favorite character from Star Wars is, but he really doesn't care about Auggie's answer—he just wants the chance to throw out a reference to Darth Sidious, a character in Star Wars whose face is burned and disfigured by Sith lightning.