Why does Elli refuse to venture out into town after the soldiers arrive in the memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust?

Elli refuses to go into town because she must wear the yellow star. She doesn't want to be told how to dress, and as other parts of her life are continually changing, Elli believes that she can control this one aspect of her life. She feels as though she is making a stand when she cannot make one against other restrictions and changes.