Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Stargirl is a very thought- provoking book. The author‚ Jerry Spinelli has an amazing voice throughout it. Like if you read it‚ you can just know that this book is by Jerry Spinelli without reading the cover. I think he is such an amazing writer. He has this talent to just know to capture the reader- he’s not particularly good at anything else‚ but his writing makes you feel you’re in the story because you understand everything. You want to know what happens next‚ and
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Stargirl by: Jerry Spinelli Spinelli uses a variety of meanings to show how a girl named Stargirl‚ struggles her way through the tenth grade as an abnormal teen. He uses imagery‚ diction‚ tone‚ and voice to narrow down how Stargirl relates to everybody else. The way Spinelli uses imagery is to make a picture with words. For instance‚ Spinelli makes Leo describe Stargirl; “ She wore an off-white dress so long it covered her shoes. It had ruffles around the neck and cuffs and looked
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Critical Analysis Paper Stargirl‚ a realistic fiction novel written by Jerry Spinelli‚ was published in New York in 2000. The novel would be a great read for children around the fourth-grade to sixth-grade reading level. The book discusses nonconformity and identity that many children face throughout their school years. Stargirl emphasizes an impactful message for young adolescents regarding personal identity and finding yourself. The book is narrated by Leo Borlock‚ a junior at Mica Area High School
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STARGIRL From the beginning‚ Stargirl is a fish out of water. She’s the new girl at school‚ and that means she has a tough crowd to please. She was home schooled until now and she started school because she wanted to make friends‚ but she had a very odd way of because she ended up making the whole school mad at her. She is a girl with sand colored hair and freckles. She looked quite ordinary but she most defiantly did not act that way. She is a girl who absolutely cannot be boxed in‚ pigeonholed
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Throughout the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli‚ there are many literary allusions. Most relate to other books‚ but some relate to real life. Stargirl is cheering at a basketball game. Unfortunately they are losing. There‚ Leo makes an interesting observation. “A kid names Ron Kovac. He stood six-foot-eight and averaged thirty points per game. Our players looked like five Davids flailing against Goliath” (69). This quote relates to the biblical story about David and Goliath. In the story‚ Goliath
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Higher paid job. In Mica high a new kid came to school‚ Stargirl Caraway. She was home schooled by her mom and has never been to a school with this many people. She has never conformed to anything‚ she just does what she wants (she does not break any school rules). She’s unique. In the novel‚ Stargirl‚ author Jerry Spinelli suggest that people who are less confident or get pressured conform more to cool or “normal” people.
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Love Without Love 1. According to the first four lines‚ the speaker loved this particular person because they never saw this person coming into their life‚ therefore it was a surprise and they saw a drastic change something called love. 2. The metaphor in lines 5-6 is "I’ve fly you flying through my soul in quick‚ loft flight" and this means that this special person came into their life very quickly like a plane‚ it was in and it was out. The extended metaphor is that this person was looking
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Truly Love? The modern love - A normative critique. Love is an emotion of a strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection —"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". Love may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals. In English‚ love refers to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes‚ ranging from pleasure to
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from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one ’s self or animals.[3] Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship or familiarity (in Greek
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Is It Love? Jazmine M Hawkins Georgia Perimeter College Abstract This paper explores the findings of multiple researchers’ theories of love? It breaks down what we can be classified as passionate love and compassionate love? What does love have to do with your attention span? Some researches define love scientifically saying that love is a production of a mixture of hormones and chemical reactants while others say love is self-defined and can only be judged by
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