Stargirl

by

Jerry Spinelli

Hillari Kimble Character Analysis

Hillari Kimble is the most popular girl at Mica High and also the nastiest. She especially hates Stargirl. Hillari dates Wayne Parr, and together they epitomize the “normal” high school couple. Hillari becomes enraged whenever her typical high school experience—including her status as leader—is threatened, and she expresses that rage by leading the student body in shunning Stargirl. When Stargirl “ruins” the Ocotillo Ball, Hillari slaps her, but Stargirl forgives her.

Hillari Kimble Quotes in Stargirl

The Stargirl quotes below are all either spoken by Hillari Kimble or refer to Hillari Kimble. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Individuality and Conformity Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

Mica Area High School— MAHS— was not exactly a hotbed of nonconformity. There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music. Even our dorks and nerds had a MAHS stamp on them. If we happened to somehow distinguish ourselves, we quickly snapped back into place, like rubber bands.

Kevin was right. It was unthinkable that Stargirl could survive— or at least survive unchanged— among us. But it was also clear that Hillari Kimble was at least half right: this person calling herself Stargirl may or may not have been a faculty plant for school spirit, but whatever she was, she was not real.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Kevin Quinlan, Hillari Kimble
Page Number: 10
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And each night in bed I thought of her as the moon came through my window. I could have lowered my shade to make it darker and easier to sleep, but I never did. In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things. I liked the feeling the moonlight gave me, as if it wasn’t the opposite of day, but its underside, its private side, when the fabulous purred on my snow-white sheet like some dark cat come in from the desert.

It was during one of these nightmoon times that it came to me that Hillari Kimble was wrong. Stargirl was real.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Hillari Kimble
Related Symbols: The Desert
Page Number: 12
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Chapter 31 Quotes

Shortly after, as the Serenaders gratefully played “Stardust,” Hillari Kimble walked up to Stargirl and said, “You ruin everything.” And she slapped her.

The crowd grew instantly still. The two girls stood facing each other for a long minute. Those nearby saw in Hillari’s shoulders and eyes a flinching: she was waiting to be struck in reply. And in fact, when Stargirl finally moved, Hillari winced and shut her eyes. But it was lips that touched her, not the palm of a hand. Stargirl kissed her gently on the cheek. She was gone by the time Hillari opened her eyes.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Hillari Kimble (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway
Page Number: 175
Explanation and Analysis:
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Hillari Kimble Quotes in Stargirl

The Stargirl quotes below are all either spoken by Hillari Kimble or refer to Hillari Kimble. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Individuality and Conformity Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

Mica Area High School— MAHS— was not exactly a hotbed of nonconformity. There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music. Even our dorks and nerds had a MAHS stamp on them. If we happened to somehow distinguish ourselves, we quickly snapped back into place, like rubber bands.

Kevin was right. It was unthinkable that Stargirl could survive— or at least survive unchanged— among us. But it was also clear that Hillari Kimble was at least half right: this person calling herself Stargirl may or may not have been a faculty plant for school spirit, but whatever she was, she was not real.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Kevin Quinlan, Hillari Kimble
Page Number: 10
Explanation and Analysis:

And each night in bed I thought of her as the moon came through my window. I could have lowered my shade to make it darker and easier to sleep, but I never did. In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things. I liked the feeling the moonlight gave me, as if it wasn’t the opposite of day, but its underside, its private side, when the fabulous purred on my snow-white sheet like some dark cat come in from the desert.

It was during one of these nightmoon times that it came to me that Hillari Kimble was wrong. Stargirl was real.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Hillari Kimble
Related Symbols: The Desert
Page Number: 12
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 31 Quotes

Shortly after, as the Serenaders gratefully played “Stardust,” Hillari Kimble walked up to Stargirl and said, “You ruin everything.” And she slapped her.

The crowd grew instantly still. The two girls stood facing each other for a long minute. Those nearby saw in Hillari’s shoulders and eyes a flinching: she was waiting to be struck in reply. And in fact, when Stargirl finally moved, Hillari winced and shut her eyes. But it was lips that touched her, not the palm of a hand. Stargirl kissed her gently on the cheek. She was gone by the time Hillari opened her eyes.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Hillari Kimble (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway
Page Number: 175
Explanation and Analysis: