Stargirl
By: Jerry Spinelli
Alone...
"She's alone, they kept telling themselves, and surley she danced i no one's arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less." (Page170 chapter 31.)
Definition and Explination
Seperate, apart, or isolated from others.
The word alone is impotant to the story, because the word brought power to the characters in chapter 31. During the story Stargirl became very lonely throughout the book. When the song the bunny hop played everyone was happy again and in Stargirls spell.
Some of the Things that Made Stargirl Lonely
Ukulele
"Happy birthday, dear Alan Ferkooooh! Alan Ferko's face turned red..." (page 9 chapter 1) Stargirls birthday songs made people feel embarrassed everyday so people didn't like Stargirl.
Friendship
"...it's not you... it's who you're with... Stargirl? He nodded." (page 96 and 97 chapter 18) While Leo was friends with Stargirl and the shunning started Leo was also shunned.
Tomato
"One person threw the tomato. One... yeah, and a thousand wanted to"(page 98 chapter 18) Since everyone was already mad at Stargirl people didn't care that someone pelted her with a tomato.
Guaranteed to be a Great Book!
Two Life Lessons!
1. Never Change who you are even if others are making you lonely.
2. Don't be afraid to show who you are even when others reject it.