Jerry Spinelli Stargirl Quotes

In the book Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, the character Misha changes throughout the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Misha changes in many ways, including his name, identity, and personality. To understand this, one must look Misha’s behavior throughout the book.

In the novel Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli, the greatest threat the Jews faced to survive life in the Ghetto is both lack of food, and the Nazis soldiers. Nowadays threats don't look like the Nazi soldiers. For example, in page 172 Misha explains “ we had just wriggled through the hole back into the ghetto. My pocket were stuffed with chunks of rotten cabbages “. In other words Janina and Misha are saving food, so they don't starve to death. From this I can infer that, Misha didn't want Janina to leave and got mad when she left because it was dangerous and could have gotten killed. To illustrate the idea of survival the quote “ So am i said uncle Shepsel and snatched the rat from her hand. Janina grabbed for it now they both had it “ This means

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.

The moment students heard this news their reactions were indescribable. They started to go to every basketball game at Mica High. Students even tried to sneak into practices and looked through the gates. The moment Stargirl started to cheer everyone thoughts turned upside down. Stargirls cheers enchanted the crowd.

When Penny Proud, the main character, tries out for the all boys football team at her school, she is ungraciously turned down and made fun of by the coach and a majority of the players. They were all against her joining the team solely because she was a

Stargirl shows how she is clean of heart on page 122, when she says”’See the little boy in the red cap?’ , she said. ‘His name is Peter Sinkowitz. He’s five years old. I’m doing his biography, sort of … it’s a record, like a journal, of what you did on such-and-such date when you were little.

This quote is from Chapter 13, page 63. From the minute Stargirl Caraway stepped into Mica High School it was evident to everyone she was different. One of the first things people notice about Stargirl is her unusual name. It turns out, she names herself and changes her name periodically. I infer from the quote that because Stargirl is a free spirit she does not feel bound by the same social norms we do. Therefore, she feels no obligation to go by her real name. Also, I believe based on Stargirl’s actions throughout the book; she is saying that you need to stay true to yourself and not let anyone or anything decide who you are; not even your name. Further, I surmised that she feels it is okay to be different in a society that is always telling

Leo shows that he has transformed throughout the story by revealing actions. In chapter 3, Leo reveals, ”Then one day after school I followed her. I kept a safe distance” (Spinelli, 16). This shows Leo being interested in Stargirl but keeping a border. Later, Leo follows Stargirl from school, again, and She turns and says, ”Remember when you followed me into the desert that day after school?” (Spinelli, 38).This opens Leo up to communicating with Stargirl. Leo changed from feeling uncomfortable and like a stranger to being friendly and comfortable with her because he got to know

Human population is down to the hundreds, maybe less for all you know. You, Cassie Sullivan are left with your teenage soldier mates, Zombie and Ringer to save the future of the planet from the invaders (often referred to as the “others”). Oh also you have your kindergarten brother sam and his even younger friend Megan to keep safe. This is the scenario in the book I am reading, The Last Star by Rick Yancey. In the final book of the trilogy the author brings you on the journey of these characters to save the planet from the others.

Spinelli explicates in Stargirl, even the most influential people, who fire up the conformity don’t really have their own identity. This is because they are

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.

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

The recent fanaticism about winning all the games showed that the students didn't get Stargirl’s true message. Her message was that everyone should win, and that all games were just for fun, there didn't always have to be a winner.  On the other hand all the Mica students cared about was winning, they didn't care about anything or anybody else.

Even though she was in a new environment my friend’s confidence about her cheering remained the same. Her new school had tryouts coming up and she was determined to make it besides if she didn’t fit in anywhere else the cheer squad would be the perfect place. Layla practiced for a week straight after school to be sure she had every move down packed. Two days before tryouts came and everything went left.

When it came time for the track meet, Chloe was one hundred Percent ready to compete. As she was running, she twisted her ankle, but she didn’t stop. She continued to run until she passed the finish line, running much faster than anyone else, especially Kyana. After everyone was finished, Chloe went over to Kara with a huge smile on her face. Kara, Chloe, and her parents talked about her win the entire walk to Chloe’s house. Chloe was so happy that Kara helped her be ready for the track