Author’s Note: I wrote this essay to show how the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli compares to real life and why he wrote the book. I chose this book to write about because it was really interesting and many other people I know have read the book, so I will show them how it compares to real life in this essay.
What would it feel like to be left out, abandoned, or ignored? In the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl faces all of these hardships. But why did Jerry Spinelli write a book about a girl being left out, abandoned, and ignored? Jerry Spinelli wrote the book Stargirl to show readers how being ignored by everyone can feel; to show when someone is being ignored, you need to be right there with them and help them through it. Just like in the book Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff.
Being ignored can be as hard of a thing to take care of as a proof in math class. All too many people all over the world are being abandoned or left out. Not being invited to join game of Kickball obviously isn’t as bad as being abandoned from your parents. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli really reflects the book Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. In that book, Hollis is dropped off at someones doorstep because her parents no longer cared for her. Ignoring someone can also change their life. Something similar happens with Stargirl. She was popular because she was different, and suddenly everyone changed. No one talked to her. If everyone ignores you, eventually you will become determined to make people notice you.
Not only does this author write Stargirl to show how being ignored by everyone can feel, but also to show when someone is being ignored you need to be right there with them and help them through it. One of Stargirl’s only two friends helps her to try and make the people at their school notice her. Also in the book Pictures of Hollis Woods there are many different families Hollis goes through who try to help her through life. That is exactly what Leo does with Stargirl- helps her through life. It is nice when someone helps you with life because it gives you a great feeling of being loved by someone.
The book Pictures of Hollis Woods reflects the book Stargirl, written by Jerry Spinelli, to show readers how being ignored by everyone can feel; to show when someone is being ignored, you need to be right there with them and help them through it. Everyone in the world should help others in need. Do your part and help out a friend. They will thank you for it.
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