Stargirl Research Paper

Stargirl is an extraordinary story that helped me understand how people can change people, and the big difference it makes our their lives. It showed me that if you have confidence, it makes it a lot easier to get through life. Most importantly it showed that kindness is more than opening a door for someone, it's doing good all around you, which might influence others.
Leo knows that he loves Stargirl the strange yet compelling person she is, but he knew if he showed these feelings than people could judge him or make fun of him. So he didn’t do the right thing and changed her to be more “normal.” He thought that this would be a better alternative than for him learning not to care what others think. I was going to do this, I thought people wouldn’t be accepting of this person, so I was going to change her to be more outgoing and less shy to make sure she was going to make friends. I thought this was the right thing to do as a friend, but it isn’t. After reading this book, I knew it wasn’t because if you change someone to not be who they really are, they aren’t themselves anymore. And even though it was long ago, I’m glad I didn’t because she couldn’t be happier with the friends she has, and I know she wouldn’t be happy if I tried to change her.
Stargirl had a weird, but pretty amazing personality. She has more …show more content…
They are now kind to each other, and taking friendship, and generosity to a new level. I now believe kindness is more than helping a friend on homework a few times a year, or occasionally picking something up if someone drops it, but doing these small acts everyday which leads to bigger things like picking someone up if they are having a bad day. After reading this book I thought maybe if I start doing acts of kindness every day, I will influence others. It showed me that a really huge value of mine is