In Stargirl there are many, many similes and metaphors that really bring life to the story and its characters. One example of a simile that fully encapsulates what the author meant is when the narrator says "...and her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deer's eyes caught in the headlights (Page 9)." If this sentence had been a metaphor the portrait that the reader would've gotten would be quite different. Another memorable simile is "And then the world was free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl (Page 92)." Because the author used a simile here, the reader can easily understand how the character felt. My personal favorite simile in the book is when the narrator is describing an awkward situation and says "From the moment we arrived at school the next day, the atmosphere bristled like cactus paddles (Page 133)." The reader can really grasp that feeling of the energy at school being prickly and uncomfortable. There are also many metaphors in Stargirl. The metaphors within it convey even intenser emotion and feeling to the reader than do similes. One strong metaphor in the book is when the narrator says "In school I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms (Page 17)". The reader can easily grasp what the character was feeling through this descriptive metaphor. In my opinion metaphors are more effective, for when you say you "are" something it has a stronger effect than saying you're "like" something. For example if I say "Look I'm like an eagle!" it is not portrayed and strongly as "Look I'm an eagle!!", which makes it sound like I truly believe I could be.
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