Love, Stargirl Essays

because it can make you feel alone or unaccepted. You may feel dark, unaccompanied, even solitary. In Stargirl, many sporty, smart, silent students can feel the same way. They will confirm when they are in a group or even by themselves. Leo is a shy teen who is in control of ‘Hot Seat’ with his friend Kevin. He gets nervous when he is talked about or even when he is talking. In the novel, Stargirl, author Jerry Spinelli suggests that conformity is an act when a person is not confident about themselves

In Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, the protagonist, Leo Borlock’s experiences cause him to change throughout the novel. In his first experience, Leo meets Stargirl—or at least everyone keeps talking about her when she arrives at school. She’s quirky and eccentric and has everyone wondering who she is. Leo and his friend Kevin agree at first to put her on “Hot Seat”, a show they run together where they interview students from their school. However, the next day, popular girl Hillari Kimble is telling

A Stargirl Comes to Earth “She was a home-schooler gone amok.” “She was an alien.” These are just a few of the descriptions given to Jerry Spinelli’s Star Girl. The New York Times bestseller Stargirl tells the tale of a peculiar teenage girl. Spinelli uses his book to share the overall message of nonconformity and finding ones true happiness. The novel is set in Mica, a fictional town in Arizona. Star Girl (Susan) is the main character; not very surprising considering her name is in the title. Susan

The theme of Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is, be yourself. Stargirl changed herself for others even though she wasn’t happy about it. Stargirl was changing herself just so others would want to be her friend, “What do you have to do to get somebody’s attention around here?”(139) My first quote is happy, “She roamed from goal post to goal post. She swirled like a dust devil” (22). This is Stargirl being herself because she wasn’t just sitting in the stands watching the game. She was on the field doing

In Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, every student Mica high school is all the same: same clothes, same hair, same earrings, same everything. When a new girl comes and upsets the social hierarchy, Leo and Hillari Kimble make it their mission to make Stargirl “normal.” Not even caring that it would hurt her feelings in the process. What Leo did not realize is that you can't fix something that is not broken, and falls in cahoots with Stargirl. Stargirl is willing to change herself for Leo, but he only cares

Noah Dolieslager Period 3 Advanced English Stargirl Thesis In Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl, Stargirl is a homeschooled girl that starts going to a public high school for the first time. At Mica Area High School, all the students are the same. When Stargirl arrives, she is very different compared to the students. After she starts doing weird things, the students start to not like her. She cheers for the other team, sings happy birthday to students during lunch with her ukelele, and does nice things

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer is about many characters, but it’s mainly centered on Cinder and Prince Kai. She was a cyborg and lunar, a reject, living life like a maid to her adoptive family and tries to hide her cyborg self from society. He was a crowned prince learning about ruling the Earth. When it seems like fate, he stops by at her mechanic shop and asks her to fix his andriod and then brings it to the castle which then starts her fantasy of a romance without them realizing it. She believes

Stargirl is a new unique girl in the 10th grade. Stargirl is at a new school in and is really different from all the other kids. She doesn’t have very many friends either. Not because she is new, it is because she is different from everyone. The kids at the school is not use to all of the new girls actions, so it makes everyone feel like she is weird. Stargirl is very unique because she changes her name when ever she wants, dresses really weird, and she has a pet rat. Stargirl has a rat that she

Have you ever tried to fit in for someone else? That is exactly why Susan Caraway did. The novel Stargirl is about a cheerful, free spirited girl. Her name is Susan, but she is referred to as Stargirl throughout the novel. Stargirl is sixteen years old, and has been homeschooled all her life. Her social skills weren't exactly up to date. Suddenly, she got enrolled in Mica Area High. During her time at Mica Area High she wasn’t accepted by the other students. Her boyfriend Leo Borlock even convinces

learned when I read the story Stargirl after comprehending the theme of staying true to oneself. In the novel Stargirl, the main character Stargirl came to Mica Area High School as a person whose personality was different from everyone else's. She refused to conform with the rest of her peers, which completely inspired me to not hide my true self at school. After reading this story, it seemed better for not only Stargirl but also the rest of the people in her life for Stargirl to remain true to herself

The story “Stargirl,” by Jerry Spinelli is about a high school who has always been homeschooled and starts to attend Mica high school. When she first gets to the school everyone likes her and embraces her differences. About halfway through the school year everyone turns on her. She gets made fun of and feels like nobody is there for her. When Stargirl first started going to Mica she met a boy named Leo who became her best friend. Then, Leo fell in love with Stargirl and their relationship blossomed

In Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl, a new student at Mica High, mixes up the lives of all the students and teachers. Her popularity skyrockets, and she ends up friends with almost everyone in the school. Suddenly, her popularity drops rapidly. Hillari, the most popular girl at school, influenced all the students, except one, to dislike Stargirl. The only friends she has left are Leo and Cinnamon, her pet rat. The author is trying to tell us that we don't need to be popular or fit in, we just

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to be yourself one hundred percent of the time and still have everyone love you for it? Now, imagine taking it just one step too far and now you’re being shunned by an entire high school. In Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl can be summed up in about one word: weird. When she takes her friendliness to another level, she must decide if being herself is more important that being liked. Three lessons we learn in this novel are, being proud to be yourself, not letting

Stargirl and Wonder are two different books about being accepted in modern day society. Stargirl is about a highschool girl who is unique and “different” and shows it with clothes and accessory choice. Wonder however, is about a boy who has unfortunate facial deformities. But, in both novels, the author is trying to teach us that everything isn’t always on the outside, and sometimes, you have to look beneath their outward appearance. In Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli shows us that what you perceive on

respectively, Amelie and Love Me If You Dare, have helped create a magical world, expressing liberal, romantic and imaginative feelings. Amelie and Love Me If You Dare tells different stories while both of them express deep loves. Amelie expresses universal love, that is, love for everything in the world; Love Me If You Dare expresses persistence in seeking for the love. It is difficult to say which one is nobler or greater, for both of them which aim to express two different loves impress audience a lot

Finally, Janie manages to break out of traditional concept in which woman who does what she is commanded and speaks when she is told to speak. At the end of chapter six she finally speaks her mind to Joe and says, “Sometimes God gits familiar wid us women folks to and talks His inside business. He told me how surprised He was…and how surprised y’all is goin’ tuh be if you ever find out you don’t know half as much ‘bout us as you think you do. It’s so easy to make yo’self out God Almighty when you

Benvolio and Tybalt are characters from the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’, by William Shakespeare. These two characters are the complete opposite; they juxtapose each other to bring out the significant differences. Benvolio, who is a Montague, represents the theme of peace. Tybalt, who is Capulet, represents the theme of violence. The two characters, Benvolio and Tybalt, from Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, have different places in society in terms of respect and trust, and through Shakespeare’s use

Blood Brothers was one of the most popular British musicals of all time. Written by playwright Willy Russell, it was presented on the stage of London in 1988, reviewers consistently praised the musical. Blood Brothers is one of the most successful and well known musical plays in history, making its audience plummet into mixed feelings of happiness and humour, and then into melancholy and sorrow. The play is an unbeaten piece of work that is still recognized by many critics and thrives in the hearts

“Havisham” is a poem based on “Miss.Havisham” on the novel “The Great Expectations”. The author Carol Ahn Duffy used several techniques to describe her feelings and symbolizing her emotions with objects emphasizing love and hate throughout the poem. In the poem, she introduced 5 different colours to represent her feelings and emotions which has made it very effective for the readers. For example, “green” implies jealousy, which shows how Havisham is envying the woman who took her man, compeyson

Love Everyone has been in love at one time or another. It could be for a person, a pet or an object. That is love. A feeling that cannot be seen. People experience love at different intensities. It can make you feel like you are at the top of the world and at the bottom of the pit in a matter of seconds. For some, the search for love seems like an endless process that seem to span over a lifetime while others seem to casually fall in and out of it on a regular basis. We can love anything, there