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Stargirl discussion

Stargirl does the last thing someone would do to fit in and survive high school. She is carefree, careless to others' opinions. She represents the symbol of non-conformism. She does nice things for people, without asking for anything in return. For example, she gives out gifts to total strangers, with her name unsigned, so no one knows whom it came from. It is unlikely to bump into someone like her in daily life.
One of the things that bothered me about her was that she was too selfless - almost a saint. The author made her seem too perfect. That was unrealistic, because there are no such people in this world. Plus, the fact that she takes pictures of people without them knowing, and makes a book about a period of their lives is just weird - and creepy, i mean, i wouldn't want anyone to like stalk me or whatever.
Through the book she falls in love with a guy, and she starts trying to be normal, by changing her appearance and not playing her ukulele, because he begs her to. This event shows the sad fact that teenagers nowadays are willing to change themselves in some ways, just to be loved or appreciated.
I can't tell if Stargirl was extremely naive or incredibly smart. And I'm not sure if our society should have more of her, or none like her.
Stargirl made me think of Eleanor from 'Eleanor & Park', because the both of them were different from other teenagers.
Jerri Spinelli has a simple and easy, but delightful writing style. I enjoyed flipping through the pages of his novel, which kept me up until four a.m on a school night, and even though I was dead tired the next morning, it was worth it. I would definitely read it again.