Analysis Of Stargirl By Jerry Spinelli

In the novel Stargirl a teenager in high school is very outgoing and a little “weird” to the other students at Micah High School. She has to face a big decision to become a conformist to the high school norms or be a nonconformist and be her unique self. She meets a boy Leo who will impact her decision heavily. The other students are very rude to her because they are, in away, scared of her because she isn’t “normal”. Archie a old man that students often went to for stories understood Stargirl and helped other to except her.

People try to hard to be popular in Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. Stargirl becomes Susan to try to be popular, but it did not work. The most important lesson that we learned from Stargirl is that popularity does not matter, no matter how much you are hated.

This novel was set during the post war period, this was a time when independence and rebelling against parents and law was more important than doing the right thing, during these times of independence, and teenagers needed friendship more than anything else.

For Stargirl, it let her true identity shine through. Another direct quote from the book that justifies the theme is "One morning we had a rare rainfall. It came during her gym class. The teacher told everyone to come in. On the way to the next class they looked out the windows. Stargirl was still outside. In the rain. Dancing" (Spinelli, page 11). This quote supports the theme because to Stargirl, this was a very typical thing for her to do. A final quote from the book that justifies the theme is "Star people are rare. You will be lucky to meet another" (Spinelli, page 177). This quote supports the theme because it describes what Stargirl's true identity is. Stargirl identifies as a 'star person'. I would recommend this text to a friend for three specific reasons. First, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fiction, young adult literature, and children's literature. Second, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Jerry Spinelli's work. Third, I would recommend this book to anyone who is an avid reader, like myself, looking for an excellent book. I believe the overall message of this book is "Be unique". This message fits the theme of "Search for Identity", because Stargirl found

Throughout the novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, several topics across the novel contribute to the overall theme. From identity, conformity to bullying, the topics of Stargirl cover everything under the Mica sun. Conformity is touched after everyone in Mica Area High School is described as conformists, blending into one another. Identity is challenged by Stargirl as she breaks away from conformity. Bullying makes its debut after the kids at MAHS reject Stargirls quirky ways. Overall, the Stargirl novel puts a fresh take on the underlining theme most people aren’t true to themselves unless they are confident.

The book Stargirl, written by Jerry Spinelli, is about a girl named Stargirl Caraway. Stargirl recently enrolled in a new high school after being previously homeschooled. She was different from the other students in several ways. Stargirl wore different outfits and acted differently from the other kids. She plays her ukulele at lunch and she is nice to everyone despite not receiving the same treatment from the other kids. After amusing behavior at a football game, Stargirl becomes a cheerleader and is the most popular girl in school. However, Stargirl was cheering for the opposing team during basketball season, the student body turned on her. After some time during the school year, the student body accepted Stargirl for who she was after the dance. Throughout the story, Stargirl was treated too harshly by the other students from the first few months of school when everything about her was being judged and through her acceptance, eventual rejection, of her by the students.

Stargirl was another fantastic book Jerry Spinelli. He added interesting characters, such as, Leo the quiet and shy one, Stargirl unique and fun one, Dori Dilson Stargirl only friend, Archie the wise and elderly one, Kevin Leo’s friend that likes the stoplight, and Hillari Kimble the popular bratty one. This book takes place in MICA, Arizona. Now, in paragraph one I will discuss the plot of Stargirl. Next, I will talk about the theme in Stargirl. Finally, I will evaluate Jerry Spinelli`s job on the novel Stargirl.

Though this book is written from a young girl’s point of view, even in the first hundred pages there are various forms of

Jerry Spinelli’s book, Stargirl, is a fiction book that tells a story of a young student named Leo. Leo attends Mica High school along his best friend Kevin and the other Mica High students. The school is a completely average school with cliques and social expectations. That is until Mica High is flipped upside down when the ukulele playing-new girl walks in. Stargirl steals the attention of every Mica student as she dances down the halls, runs across football fields, and sings happy birthday to every student every day without a care. Her oblivious attitude blinds her from seeing how the school only cheers for her because they think she’s a joke; some students claim she was placed in the school as an actor to pump school spirit, others believe she’s out of this world, and

Fitting in is a natural human desire. The idea of it goes through everyone’s minds at least once in their lifetime. No one wants to be cast aside. In the novel, Stargirl, written by Jerry Spinelli, fitting in is demonstrated in many ways, such as when Stargirl first attends Mica High School, when Leo gets ignored, and when Stargirl transforms to Susan.

Throughout the novel, she experiences different types of conflicts as she adapts to her new school environment and attemptedly fulfills her obsessive desire to fit in. The inner conflict in which she experiences throughout the

One theme of the book Stargirl, by Jerry Spenelli, is that you should always be true to yourself. The book is an uplifting story set in Arizona, at Mica High School, where a mysterious and free-spirited girl, Stargirl, starts her first day of school, after being homeschooled her whole life. She came to school on her first day of tenth grade wearing and off white dress, so long, it covered her shoes. Stargirl had hair the color of sand that fell to her shoulders, and she carried her ukulele and her pet rat around school with her. Stargirl definitely captured everyone's attention, but, with just one smile she captured Leo Borlock’s heart.

When this romance initially commences, Leo notices people treating him differently as if he is an alien. This is because Stargirl is an extraordinarily typical girl who doesn’t track the culture of the school. She plays an ukulele, keeps a pet rat in her tote bag, treats everyone with kindness and serenades them in the lunchroom on their birthdays. As a result Leo requests Stargirl to transform her identity so she can fit into the school, and people won’t look down upon them. He wants her to conform into the society. She adjusts her name into “Susan”—an “ordinary” high school girl. The reader discovers in this progression that she is discontented pretending to be what she isn’t. Ultimately, she is happiest when she is factual to herself. As she articulates “Every once in a while someone comes along who is . . . a little more in touch with the stuff we’re made of, it’s our identity what really perceives who I am rather than assimilating I rather enjoy myself as who I really am. ” (Spinelli, Stargirl 177). This advocates that perhaps one can take a message from her and be a little truer to one self. Rather than following what others say and having no genuine identity, it is vital to build up an own identity a way one can be referred to as.

Ally is a sixth grader who has been told all her life how dumb she is. She transferres to a different school for every year of elementary school, and everywhere she goes it’s the same; her classmates always bully her for being such a “loser”. She always finds ingenious ways to get out of doing her classwork, and assignments. All her life, Ally’s teachers would

The girl’s inner characterization resembles a coming of age character. She develops because of the action and her traits as a child are presented in contrast with her traits as a teenager. This contrast is emphasized using the third-person narrator at the beginning of