Julie Character Analysis in Five Feet Apart

Julie is another one of Stella, Will, and Poe’s main nurses. She is younger and newer to nursing than Barb is, and Julie is much more lenient about the hospital’s rules. For example, she lets Will sneak onto the hospital’s roof when he feels that he needs fresh air. Julie is pregnant, and Stella finds that she feels jealousy and resentment towards Julie because Stella knows that she herself will never have children due to having cystic fibrosis.

Julie Quotes in Five Feet Apart

The Five Feet Apart quotes below are all either spoken by Julie or refer to Julie. 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:

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“He’s choking! Poe’s choking!” I shout, tears filling my eyes as I fly down the hallway behind Julie, pulling on a face mask as I go. She bursts through the door ahead of me and goes to check the beeping monitor. I’m scared to look. I’m scared to see Poe suffering. I’m scared to see Poe…Fine.

Related Characters: Stella Grant (speaker), Poe, Julie

Page Number and Citation: 46

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Julie Character Timeline in Five Feet Apart

The timeline below shows where the character Julie appears in Five Feet Apart. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Survival, Terminal Illness, and Hope Theme Icon

...floor and not wearing a mask. Back on their floor, Will chats to a nurse, Julie, and sees Stella’s name on a file. He goes back to his room and searches... (full context)

...off alarm bells on the entire floor. Everyone rushes into the hallway, and Stella and Julie rush into Poe’s room to see that he’s fine—his blood oxygen monitor had simply accidentally... (full context)

...hospital walls, Will has the urge to go outside. He’s not allowed to leave, but Julie lets him sneak out. He rushes up the stairs and heads onto the rooftop, rigging... (full context)

...awakens from surgery and is surprised to see her parents being cordial to each other. Julie wheels Stella back to her room and Stella comments that Julie will have a baby... (full context)

...Blue,” which means someone’s heart has stopped. It’s Poe. Panicked and confused, Stella follows Barb, Julie, and a team of emergency responders into Poe’s room. Staff members drag Stella back as... (full context)

...hands her a present from Will, and it’s a sketchbook full of their memories together. Julie plays a video Will made for Stella. In the video, he says that his only... (full context)