Well,does try to change to become popular. She enters the Arizona
state oratorical contest, hoping that if she wins, then the other students will think she's
great. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite turn out like that, and not because Stargirl failed to
win. On the contrary, she storms the competition. Her winning speech receives rapturous applause
from the audience, and she ends up on the front page of the local newspaper.
But when Stargirl returns to school, far from being hailed as a conquering hero by the
other kids, she's roundly ignored by them. It's almost like she doesn't exist. The only people
waiting to greet her as she arrives in the school parking lot are Dori and a couple of
teachers.
The moral of this episode would seem to be that you should always
be true to herself. Stargirl certainly takes this lesson to heart after winning the oratorical
contest. From now on, she's going to be her normal kooky self instead of trying to fit in and be
popular.
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