I think the purpose of the book Stardust by Neil Gaiman is to teach readers to accept people even if they seem different and to not be prejudice.
Tristran Thorn is the main character in this book. Tristran's mom is a catlike woman from the other side of "the wall" where people from the Village of Wall are not allowed. His father, is a norman human being, but Tristran looks a little different from normal. Tristran thinks he is in love with this girl Victoria. Victoria is said to be the most beautiful girl in all of Wall. Tristran was rejected by her because of his different looks. :( Victoria then says she will give him whatever he wishes if he catches the star they had just witness fall. When Tristran returns with the star Victoria feels terrible. I think she really underestimated him because of his looks! I think this is really unfair and if I were Tristran, I would feel so terrible and disrespected.
Another example of judging people in this book, is when Tristran finds the fallen star. The star hates his from the start. She doesn't talk to him, and even runs away once, but he finds her. At first, I thought they were going to fall in love, because that's how those types of relationships usually end up in books. However, as they went through this journey, I didn't see any signs of it. But thennn at the very end, they realize that they do love each other. This shows that the star shouldn't have judged Tristran. She obviously came to like him a lot.
From this amazing book, I've learned to not judge or be prejudice. I know this sounds extremely cliche, but don't judge a book by it's cover. The outside doesn't count nearly as much as what's inside.
