1. The gift of the porcupine necktie prepared the way for other events by implying that Stargirl was the necktie. Leo loved porcupine neckties ever since his uncle gave him one and he has always wanted to collect a ton of them. As years go by he still cannot find another, until one year, on his birthday, he receives one in the mail from an anonymous sender. This may have been suggesting that Leo had been searching for someone special but couldn’t find anyone, until Stargirl mysteriously showed up. 2. Stargirl immediately became the target of gossip at school because she is weird and doesn’t fit into any crowd. Stargirl is pure hearted and unique. She loves rain, her pet rat, and making people smile. These things may not always be acceptable and normal, but Stargirl didn’t care about that. That’s probably why she stood out, she didn’t care what people said like others do. 3. Leo and Kevin were especially excited by the presence of this new student because they felt she would be the perfect guest on their show. Leo and Kevin have a show called “Hot Seat”. In their show they interview strange, unique, popular people. The only problem is there are no strange people in their school. So when Stargirl appears it seems like their golden opportunity to make their show even more known and popular. 4. According to Hillari Kimble, Stargirl was at Mica Area High to spy on the students and bring in more school spirit. Mica Area High is known as the school with zero school spirit and
The negative comments the crowd had said got to Stargirl they made her tremendously disappointed. The theme was evident by Stargirl not giving up on herself even though she lost her motivation and support from the
Clay plays for the Lone Stars. He is a wide receiver and he’s good at it too. He plays under Coach Coop. Coach Coop played for TCU. Clay was one of the best wide receivers in his division. The Pee Wee division that is. The Lone Stars were playing the River Walk Lions. Coach Coop called a cross play up the middle. Clay was getting ready to run his route and was being guarded by Bobby Flores a guy that moved out of their school district. David snapped the ball, and Clay made a cut to get him open. Clay noticed David had all the time in the world but noticed he led Clay by way too much.
Water is political. It nourishes us, connects us, and separates us. Water is especially political in Canada: almost nine percent of Canada is covered by fresh water, annually Canada’s rivers discharge seven percent of the world’s renewable water supply, and Canada holds 25 percent of the world’s wetlands.[1] But we forget the power of water sometimes when stories about water become stirred into other stories, especially about Indigenous women’s bodies. The mingling of stories about water and about Indigenous women seems obvious. Indigenous women in Canada have long had special connections to water. In the Haudenosaunee tradition, Sky Woman built the world as we know it out of a primordial sea on the back of a turtle. Four women (three of them
Luna knows a lot of celebrities, because her mom and dad are both famous. Luna definitely has a different viewpoint on fame than a normal person.
When this romance initially commences, Leo notices people treating him differently as if he is an alien. This is because Stargirl is an extraordinarily typical girl who doesn’t track the culture of the school. She plays an ukulele, keeps a pet rat in her tote bag, treats everyone with kindness and serenades them in the lunchroom on their birthdays. As a result Leo requests Stargirl to transform her identity so she can fit into the school, and people won’t look down upon them. He wants her to conform into the society. She adjusts her name into “Susan”—an “ordinary” high school girl. The reader discovers in this progression that she is discontented pretending to be what she isn’t. Ultimately, she is happiest when she is factual to herself. As she articulates “Every once in a while someone comes along who is . . . a little more in touch with the stuff we’re made of, it’s our identity what really perceives who I am rather than assimilating I rather enjoy myself as who I really am. ” (Spinelli, Stargirl 177). This advocates that perhaps one can take a message from her and be a little truer to one self. Rather than following what others say and having no genuine identity, it is vital to build up an own identity a way one can be referred to as.
Stargirl has always been homeschooled up until her freshman year. When she transitions to traditional school, she boldly sticks out with her quirky personality, and not in a good way. Already on the first day, there are rumors circulating around her. Everyone thinks she is an actor who was planted by the administration in order to encourage more school spirit. Kevin even says “‘I mean if she’s real, she’s in big trouble. How long do you think somebody who’s really like that is going to last around here’” (Spinelli 9)? He is pointing out how different Stargirl is, and
To begin, Stargirl defies the term normal throughout the novel with her identity as the quirky over the top person she is. “She laughed when there was no joke. She a danced when there was no music. She had no friends, but was the friendliest person in school” (Page 15, Spinelli). This quote by Spinelli shows that Stargirl is different than everyone else, not only in the way she dresses and looks, but also in her demeanor and outlook in life. The book goes along to say that the kids at Mica Area High School couldn’t make her out. In fact, Stargirls identity and refusal to join the rest of the school in their conformity lifestyles, is drawn out though character Hillari Kimble spreading the rumour across the entire school that “She (Stargirl) isn’t real” (Spinelli, Pag 7). going onto to tell Mica Area High School her conspiracy about Stargirl being a ploy by the
The restoration of the death penalty for serious crimes is an issue of debate in the UK because of the recent rise in violent crime. It is said that at least 17,833 people are under the sentence of the death penalty worldwide as of 31 December 2010. The death penalty or otherwise known as the capital punishment is a legal process where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Currently it is only allowed in 32 states and has come to discussion if the death penalty should be reinstated back in the UK.
Stargirl is a very unique individual. She is very thoughtful of other people and doesn’t do much for herself. When Stargirl goes from homeschooling to a normal school with hundreds of kids, she doesn’t fit in. She finds a good
Leo had a bad feeling about putting Stargirl on “Hot Seat” because he was afraid that something was going to happen, like the jury will ask a bad question, or that she was going to be known for not cheering for her own team.
The playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde one stated that “Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.” People who do not conform to our own idea of morality are all together considered immoral by our own rationalizations. Sometimes people do things that they know are most likely immoral, but yet they still have a reason to justify what they did as being not that immoral. In certain situations people are quick to give judgement based on what someone does and will decide if the person is right for how they handle a situation. For instance, doing or selling drugs is immoral and is something that should not be done. Yet if someone does drugs and has a reasonable answer for doing them, it then sort of makes
As I wrote in the introduction paragraph, people can ruin their future because of their friends who pressure them to do something that is not good. You might love your friend who does bad things and that is okay. The point is that you do not have to exactly follow what your friend is doing. You can do good things that your friends do, but not bad things like drugs or alcohol that could affect your future. For example, you are not going to kill yourself just because your friend does. Leo tried to make Stargirl be like ordinary kids by saying, “I think you should try to be more like the rest of us” (137). However, she refused to be like others and remained unique. She knew she was going to be in some trouble even if she switched and became like them; she would be pressured by other kids and be stressed out. That is why Stargirl chose to stay being different. It is the same for me. I am not saying that I don’t want to have friends, but I really don’t want to be pressured to do things against my own desires. Valuing JMS students’ affection may ruin my future, which is why I value Stargirl’s affection
The impact of leadership style in the change process of an organization influences the performance; Leadership as stated by Martin, Liao and Campbell (2013) remains one of the most consequential contextual influencers of employee performance. Latson (2014) elucidated that some leaders may have the best intentions, but the impact will not be in alignment with the intension. But leadership trait is the ability to inspire, motivate and engage the followers to make the inspired vision happen beyond their normal capabilities (Mendez, Munoz & Munoz 2013). A change is the most frequent phenomenon of today's reality and a good understanding of how to manage the change process is very essential; Change is translation from one state into
First before summarizing the case lets be understand what Luna is? Luna was a small company that had been owned and operated by the Dumart family for almost 60 years, In the 1980s, was sold the firm’s stock to a larger stationery company and then DGG acquired that stationery company as a vehicle for manufacturing and marketing copy and printer paper. So now I summarized the case as written.
To adapt successfully and efficiently to unexpected changes which are present in the business environment? The idea of adapting to unexpected changes has led to the evaluation one of the latest concept of agility. Agility is becoming key business strategy for all organisations as well as significant factors to a firm’s ability to survive in uncertain and turbulent markets. Agility can be defined in a simple word as being able to move quickly in any fashion. Agile enterprise can be adjusted quickly due to any expected or sudden changes in the environment rapidly and efficiently. In today’s world globalisation is increasing rapidly which has led to many changes in the market .Because of globalisation ,technology has increased the uncertainty in all sector, the ability of an business organisation to adapt to unexpected change is crucial in maintaining competitive advantage. Organisations across the sectors are trying hard to increase their agility so that they can produce innovative product to markets fasters. To survive in such an uncertain business world, it is recommended that organisations and their managers must identify risk fast to adapt changes quickly. It is best to step back and look the environment in which projects are operating today. There are three interrelated drivers that are impacting many organization today includes slow economic growth, shifting global market and push for innovation not just only in product design also in strategy as well.