Stargirl Quotes

The theme of Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is, be yourself. Stargirl changed herself for others even though she wasn’t happy about it. Stargirl was changing herself just so others would want to be her friend, “What do you have to do to get somebody’s attention around here?”(139) My first quote is happy, “She roamed from goal post to goal post. She swirled like a dust devil” (22). This is Stargirl being herself because she wasn’t just sitting in the stands watching the game. She was on the field doing whatever she wanted to do. She represents her name Stargirl because every star is different. “The girl was picking up her ukulele. And now she was strumming it.”(5) She wasn’t just sitting down and eating her lunch. She was playing her ukulele in front of the whole lunch room. I would never do that in front of my classmates.

Why do you want to be so different?" (67) This is sad because Stargirl was just being herself like she normally is, but Hillari Kimble doesn't like how she is different from everyone else. Hillari Kimble hates Stargirl, “She’s not real, she’s an actress. It’s a scam”(7). Hillari is saying this about Stargirl because she is acting so much different from everyone else, and she doesn’t like that. “You ruin everything. And she slapped her.”(175) Hillari slapped Stargirl at the school dance because Stargirl started a dance and everyone joined besides Hillari And Wayne Parr. Hillari doesn’t like how Stargirl seems to be taking over the whole school because she wants it to be her school, not Stargirl’s