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Peer Pressure In Stargirl By Jerry Spinelli

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Stargirl, is a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli. It is told by the first persons point of view, by Leo Borlock in Stargirls school.In this book Stargirl deals with issues of conformity versus individuality, and many problems with society around her. Just like in the "real" world outside, high schoolers usually feel pressures from society to conform, fit in, and avoid ruffling feathers. Sometimes people refer to this as peer pressure, but peer pressure sounds a little bit like isolated moments rather than one big ongoing pressure. The broader type of peer pressure Stargirl tackles is the kind that represses a person's individuality. Society has a way of rejecting those who do not fit in like Stargirl. The strange thing is, as much as the world around her tries to repress Stargirl, she truly loves other people. She wants to connect with those who would keep her down. So as mean as her high school society is, she can't live without it. However, Stargirl does not fit in with the people in …show more content…

However, for Stargirl it was comfortable, because she love to care about other people in her life.Furthermore, much of the book focuses on Leo's relationship with Stargirl, which shakes him to the core, forcing him to question all kinds of things about himself, high school, and life. Leo develops a relationship with Stargirl, when she sends him a car for Valentines day that told him that Stargirl was in love with him. Even though she was different from anyone else in the school, he still like being with or aroud her. However Leo tried to change her personality, to a “normal” persons personality, as the other kids in Mica High School. Later, a few days later after she had denied being “normal” like anyone else, because she was used to being different. Then Leo had to deny Stargirl, which he did not wanted, and regreted in the

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