Changing Oneself Based On Stargirl By Jerry Spinelli

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.

As I wrote in the introduction paragraph, people can ruin their future because of their friends who pressure them to do something that is not good. You might love your friend who does bad things and that is okay. The point is that you do not have to exactly follow what your friend is doing. You can do good things that your friends do, but not bad things like drugs or alcohol that could affect your future. For example, you are not going to kill yourself just because your friend does. Leo tried to make Stargirl be like ordinary kids by saying, “I think you should try to be more like the rest of us” (137). However, she refused to be like others and remained unique. She knew she was going to be in some trouble even if she switched and became like them; she would be pressured by other kids and be stressed out. That is why Stargirl chose to stay being different. It is the same for me. I am not saying that I don’t want to have friends, but I really don’t want to be pressured to do things against my own desires. Valuing JMS students’ affection may ruin my future, which is why I value Stargirl’s affection

Stargirl is a very unique individual. She is very thoughtful of other people and doesn’t do much for herself. When Stargirl goes from homeschooling to a normal school with hundreds of kids, she doesn’t fit in. She finds a good

She strums a ukulele, carries a pet rat in her tote bag, serenades fellow students in the cafeteria, and leaves cards and gifts for people she does not know. Therefore, it is no surprise that when Stargirl was asked while she was on Hot Seat, the in-school TV show, to explain her name, her answer conveyed her own ideas about cultural and social norms. We read that although “Stargirl’s given name was Susan,” she felt no compulsion to go by it. She dropped it because she “didn't feel like Susan anymore.” Additionally, she goes on to share several other unusual names she had given herself, like Pocket Mouse, Mudpie, and Hullygully. She also disclosed that she picked the name Stargirl one night while “walking in the desert,” looking at the stars, “it just sort of came to me, fell onto me.” Additionally, she believes that we are much more than our names, and our names are not a reflection of who we are. Therefore, as we grow and change, so should our names. She says, “I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn, I outgrow it, I change it.” Changing her name on a whim or based on her emotions seems perfectly reasonable to her. Stargirl disregards what others think, and she stays true to

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

Stargirl has always been homeschooled up until her freshman year. When she transitions to traditional school, she boldly sticks out with her quirky personality, and not in a good way. Already on the first day, there are rumors circulating around her. Everyone thinks she is an actor who was planted by the administration in order to encourage more school spirit. Kevin even says “‘I mean if she’s real, she’s in big trouble. How long do you think somebody who’s really like that is going to last around here’” (Spinelli 9)? He is pointing out how different Stargirl is, and

Everyone is their own person. People change mostly due to fact that they want to be accepted. Every once in a while you´ll find someone who is really themselves. In the book ¨stargirl¨ a teenage girl goes to a new high school where everyone there conformed to one. “Stargirl”, whos real name is Susan, is different. Different than everyone at that school. She wears outrageous outfits, has a pet rat, plays a ukelele, she even sings happy birthday to everyone in front of everyone! According to Mica High, she by far doesn’t apply for the “Normal” stereotype.

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.

Stargirl could not survive in our high school. Stargirl would never make it because she would get made fun of everyday. She also made her own pledge. So i don't think that she would make it in our high school.

Bettering oneself is excellent and much-needed for a happy and successful life. However, if people constantly compare themselves to others, the betterment they have achieved is counteracted. No longer is the change for the individual person, but it is a change to mold into the conformity of society. Seeking change to please oneself and seeking change to please others are two different ideologies.

However, the plot revolves around the process of trying to change her. Leo acts as a coach of sorts, and tries to help her learn to change, adapt, and conform to her new environment: Public school. We see the need of this change right at the beginning, when we see Stargirl try, and make the cheer squad. Joining this clique makes her very popular and well liked, but this same gift turns against her. In one of the games, she begins to help cheer on the other team, causing an uproar in her own school life. This, in turn, causes her to be shunned by the school, amish style. While these events unfold, we see Leo fall deeply for Stargirl, and eventually loses his sense about the attitude of the school in his infatuation: however, after dating, he realizes the space between him and his peers. This leads him to try and change the beauty and love of Stargirl, which eventually succeeds. The differences we saw eventually disappear as she does into the crowd. The bubbliness, loveliness, and overall attitude of Stargirl is changed. She even resorts to her name, Susan. These changes don't last for long as she quickly changes back into herself, relights her love for herself, and wins back the hearts of her peers during the yearly ball, only to disappear off the face of the school at the end of the dance, and remain hidden. This shows that she overcame her shunning, as well as the fear of being different, and in the end didn't care what her peers though, which is

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