How far can you go to lose yourself? How far are we willing to travel to dim the glow of your starlight? In Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl, different characters have very different personalities. Or do they? Is Leo Borlock really different from Hillary Kimble? Don't they both care about normality? For the attention of others? When Stargirl Caraway, a butterfly shrouded in mist, arrives, the world changes and she seizes the opportunity to hold on to something... divergent. An anomaly so far in their path that they could hardly reach it. So they begin to hate it, the dead grass that grows but never quite touches the soft delicacy of Stargirl's petals. If something cannot be understood, it is not good enough to be loved. This is how we all grew up; understand and discover and continue to reach out for the answers as they flow through the cracks of our normality like water. Society stones him until the mountain is as low as the earth itself, and no one need be jealous anymore. No one has to wonder how they were able to touch the docility of the gray clouds. No one has to wonder how far they have traveled to not be that one touch of color in a white world. In the long journey of life, people are constantly scolded for following their heart, being themselves, and letting their individuality run free. As Georg Simmel once said: “The deepest problems of modern life arise from the individual's claim to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his own existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, historical legacy, external culture and life technique." You are absolutely right. Every person, every mind and every heart, has their own way of doing things. We have associated individuality with singularity...... middle of paper...... battle constant with our hearts, which resist the forces of our instinct. Instincts that strengthen a single cooperative body of humanity. In short, we seek only the feeling of true euphoria with ourselves and see our world as a mistaken perfection. despite consistent changes, our individuality is not completely renewed. It is not renewed when trends change or when we lose interest in our former idols, when our minds are made to think as another would, our individualities are transformed just to adapt to that state. Change could very likely be the number one ingredient necessary for the loss of uniqueness. Humans can adapt quite quickly to different environments, and this is perhaps as much a curse as a gift. People change themselves too quickly, sometimes, without worrying about the possibility of going against what they want, need and love..