The Life Of Starr Carter

Starr Carter’s life couldn’t be more different from mine. These differences include heritage, family, personality, as well as schooling. An occurrence that I can relate to is the fact that Starr hides the entirety of the Khalil incident from her friends in school. I have also, many times, hidden certain things from my friends. For the same reason as Starr, I simply did not want to be treated differently which would cause me to then act unlike my usual self. In the book, when Hailey and Maya ask Starr if she knew Khalil, she denied. Starr mentioned feeling guilty but also said it was something she had to do, perhaps to avoid her friends seeing her differently or associating her with who they presumed to be a drug dealer. This goes back to the two personalities Starr had. The Khalil incident happened with Garden Heights Starr, and she didn’t want Williamson Starr, to also be a part of it.

The normal where I don’t have to choose which Starr to be. The normal where nobody tells you how sorry they are or talks about ‘Khalil the drug dealer.’ Just… normal. That’s why I can’t tell Chris I’m the witness.” This excerpt explains the greatest reason Starr kept the incident a secret. As said before, the reason was that she wanted to be normal, at least at school. She wanted to be treated normally, and wanted to act normally, which she believed wasn’t possible if her friends knew about Khalil. She once again confirms this later in the book where she tells Chris, “‘And I’m sorry I didn’t tell you; I wanted to, but everybody who knows I was in the car acts like I’m made of glass. You treated me normal. You were my