Stargirl is a story of a girl who Calls herself Stargirl Caraway, (but in realty her name is Susan), she has just transferred schools. She is a fun loving, free spirit. She does not care what others think, all Stargirl wants it to bring joy to people and make sure everyone is happy. Stargirl soon becomes interested in one boy though his name is Leo Borlock; Leo soon realizes that he also is interested in Stargirl. Leo and Stargirl gradually become very close.
Stargirl is a free-spirited girl, she does not care if the popular girls like her, or if the boys are interested in her, all she wants to do is make everyone happy. What I admire about Stargirl is that she doesn’t let the little things in life bring her down, she keeps her head up high and moves on in life. During the time I was reading this book stargirl has made me feel that I have to be who I am and not let anybody change that, because since I am comfortable with who I am it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
However when Stargirl transfers to Mica High school her ways of being a free-spirit and just expressing herself is not going over well with the popular girls, especially Hillari Kimble. Accept Stargirl doesn’t notice the other student`s bitterness towards her. Before long Stargirl joins the Cheerleading team, everyone loves her, and for once the basketball team is actually winning. Until one game as usual Stargirl would cheer for the opposing team, but this time she did something even more mind blowing. When the opposing teams star player fell and hurt his ankle Stargirl ran to his aid, and Mica High lost their first game that season. From then on people ignored Stargirl; they treated her like she was invisible except for two People Leo Borlock and Doris Dilson. If I was Stargirl in this situation I would want to hide away from the world for the rest of my life, but Stargirl doesn’t do that she doesn’t even let it bother her which is what I admire about Stargirl.
There is only one boy at Mica High that doesn`t see Stargirl as a freak and that is Leo Borlock. Leo Borlock really likes Stargirl, but he doesn’t want people to know. He is afraid that if people find out that he likes Stargirl, everyone will treat him the way they treat Stargirl, as if he was invisible. Soon Stargirl starts to realize the way Leo really feels about her. Then In what seemed like the blink of an eye everyone at Mica High knew about Leo and Stargirl being together. Leo was mortified at first but then realized that it doesn’t matter what was else thinks because he is happy about being with stargirl. If I was Leo in this situation I wouldn’t care what everyone else thinks all I would care about is that ia happy no matter what everyone else thinks.
Since Stargirl has only two friends it makes me really upset that no one has even the least bit of decency to just sit down with her for either three minutes or three hours and just talk and get to know her. Even though she may come across a little strange on the outside doesn’t make her a bad person, because if some of these people saw what she really is like on the inside, 99% of the students would probably change the way they think about Stargirl. They would see that all these little quirky things about her, are just her way of showing kindness and compassion towards other people.
“Be who you are, because no one else is better qualifiedâ€Â
I think this quote truly represents they way that Stargirl lives her life. She lives it to the fullest, but the amazing thing about stargirl she lives her life the way she wants to live it not the way anyone else wants her to. I think I takes really amazing person to live his/her life not caring what close are cool and what not to wear ,but just to enjoy life not caring about life’s little problems. Stargirl lives in the moment and doesn’t let a problem that happened yesterday ruin today. Which makes her her own person, it makes her unique, it makes her truly incredible.
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