Hillari Kimble is famous for
her mouth, The Hoax, and Wayne Parr.
The hoax involved
cheerleading, where Hillari broke all of the rules and social conventions of high school and
made herself instantly the talk of the town.
Her face and
figure were right enough, and she surely had the mouthshe made the squad easily. And then she
stunned everyone by turning it down. She said she just wanted to prove she could do it. (Ch.
4)
In most schools, being a cheerleader is the height of
popularity and every girl longs for it. Hillari not only made fun of cheerleading, she
humiliated the cheerleaders.
Wayne Parr was Hillaris boyfriend. He was the
opposite of Hillari because she had a big mouth and he seldom opened his (Ch. 4). He was
gorgeous and his job was just to be seen and be gorgeous. Like Hillari, he had no interest in
sports.
Hillari is stubborn and harsh. For example, when she insists thatnot
sing to her on her birthday. Stargirl agrees, but then she sings instead to Leonominally
keeping her promise. Hillari is annoyed, but Leo is confused, and a little impressed that weird
Stargirl thinks hes cute.
Leo describes Hillari as holding court. She is
not a princess though. Like the other misfits, she is just a kid trying to fit in, and make her
own rules. The cheerleading incident demonstrates that she is not one of
the popular kids. Shes essentially being proactive. Hillari is smart and opinionated, and she
definitely marches to the beat of her own drummer. She is not afraid to stand up for herself,
to voice her opinions, and to make herself heard above the uproar of high school. Still, she is
somewhat threatened by the bold eccentricity of Stargirl, definitely a dangerous path to talk in
high school. In many ways, though, Hillari and Stargil are after the same thing. They both
want to be the person they want to be.
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