Julie of the Wolves

by

Jean Craighead George

Daniel Character Analysis

Daniel is Miyax’s husband. Like Miyax, he is just a child when they marry. Miyax’s father Kapugen and Daniel’s father Naka arranged the marriage when the children were very young, and Miyax eventually agrees to the arrangement to escape her strict great-aunt Martha’s tyrannical rule. When Miyax travels to Barrow to marry Daniel and realizes that he is developmentally disabled, she refuses to believe that Kapugen knew about Daniel’s condition when he made the arrangement. To Miyax’s relief, Daniel mostly ignores her after they are married. However, his condition provokes considerable teasing from kids at school. When Miyax is home alone one day, Daniel storms through the door, furious because the other schoolchildren ridiculed him for not being able to “mate” his wife. Daniel attacks and tries to rape Miyax, though Miyax observes that Daniel’s face shows that he is just as “frightened” as she is. Still, when Daniel finally releases Miyax, he laughs to himself and promises to assault Miyax again tomorrow. This attack assault is what prompts Miyax to flee Barrow, which leads to her becoming lost in the Arctic tundra.

Daniel Quotes in Julie of the Wolves

The Julie of the Wolves quotes below are all either spoken by Daniel or refer to Daniel. 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:
Humans vs. Nature  Theme Icon
).
Part 1: Amaroq, the wolf Quotes

Here she was, watching wolves—she, Miyax, daughter of Kapugen, adopted child of Martha, citizen of the United States, pupil at the Bureau of Indian Affairs School in Barrow, Alaska, and thirteen-year-old wife of the boy Daniel. She shivered at the thought of Daniel, for it was he who had driven her to this fate. She had run away from him exactly seven sleeps ago, and because of this she had one more title by gussak standards—the child divorcée.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Amaroq, Daniel, Martha
Page Number: 10
Explanation and Analysis:

“Change your ways when fear seizes,” he had said, “for it usually means you are doing something wrong.”

Related Characters: Kapugen/Charlie Edwards (speaker), Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Amaroq, Daniel
Page Number: 42
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 2: Miyax, the girl Quotes

As the months passed, the letters from Amy became the most important thing in Julie’s life and the house in San Francisco grew more real than the house in Barrow. She knew each flower on the hill where Amy’s house stood, each brick in the wall around the garden, and each tall blowing tree. She also knew the curls in the wrought-iron gate, and how many steps led up to the big front door; she could almost see the black-and-white tile on the floor of the foyer. If she closed her eyes she could imagine the arched doorway, the Persian rug on the living-room floor, the yellow chairs and the huge window that looked over the bay. Radios, lamps, coffee tables—all these she could see. And if she shut her eyes tight, she could feel Amy’s hand in her hand and hear Amy’s big feet tap the sidewalk. The second floor was always fun to dream about. At the top of the winding stairs four doors opened upon rooms lit with sunshine. And one was the pink room, the one that would be hers when she got to San Francisco.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Amy Pollock, Daniel
Related Symbols: The Pink Room
Page Number: 97-98
Explanation and Analysis:

“Julie is gone,” she said. “I am Miyax now.”

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards (speaker), Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Amy Pollock, Tornait , Daniel, Naka
Page Number: 104
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 3: Kapugen, the Hunter Quotes

And she liked the simplicity of that world. It was easy to understand. Out here she understood how she fitted into the scheme of the moon and stars and the constant rise and fall of life on the earth. Even the snow was part of her, she melted it and drank it.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Daniel
Page Number: 130
Explanation and Analysis:

When she thought of San Francisco, she thought about the airplane and the fire and blood and the flashes and death. When she took out her needle and sewed, she thought about peace and Amaroq.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Amaroq, Amy Pollock, Daniel
Page Number: 152
Explanation and Analysis:

Julie pointed her boots toward Kapugen.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Amaroq, Tornait , Daniel
Page Number: 170
Explanation and Analysis:
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Daniel Quotes in Julie of the Wolves

The Julie of the Wolves quotes below are all either spoken by Daniel or refer to Daniel. 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:
Humans vs. Nature  Theme Icon
).
Part 1: Amaroq, the wolf Quotes

Here she was, watching wolves—she, Miyax, daughter of Kapugen, adopted child of Martha, citizen of the United States, pupil at the Bureau of Indian Affairs School in Barrow, Alaska, and thirteen-year-old wife of the boy Daniel. She shivered at the thought of Daniel, for it was he who had driven her to this fate. She had run away from him exactly seven sleeps ago, and because of this she had one more title by gussak standards—the child divorcée.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Amaroq, Daniel, Martha
Page Number: 10
Explanation and Analysis:

“Change your ways when fear seizes,” he had said, “for it usually means you are doing something wrong.”

Related Characters: Kapugen/Charlie Edwards (speaker), Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Amaroq, Daniel
Page Number: 42
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 2: Miyax, the girl Quotes

As the months passed, the letters from Amy became the most important thing in Julie’s life and the house in San Francisco grew more real than the house in Barrow. She knew each flower on the hill where Amy’s house stood, each brick in the wall around the garden, and each tall blowing tree. She also knew the curls in the wrought-iron gate, and how many steps led up to the big front door; she could almost see the black-and-white tile on the floor of the foyer. If she closed her eyes she could imagine the arched doorway, the Persian rug on the living-room floor, the yellow chairs and the huge window that looked over the bay. Radios, lamps, coffee tables—all these she could see. And if she shut her eyes tight, she could feel Amy’s hand in her hand and hear Amy’s big feet tap the sidewalk. The second floor was always fun to dream about. At the top of the winding stairs four doors opened upon rooms lit with sunshine. And one was the pink room, the one that would be hers when she got to San Francisco.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Amy Pollock, Daniel
Related Symbols: The Pink Room
Page Number: 97-98
Explanation and Analysis:

“Julie is gone,” she said. “I am Miyax now.”

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards (speaker), Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Amy Pollock, Tornait , Daniel, Naka
Page Number: 104
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 3: Kapugen, the Hunter Quotes

And she liked the simplicity of that world. It was easy to understand. Out here she understood how she fitted into the scheme of the moon and stars and the constant rise and fall of life on the earth. Even the snow was part of her, she melted it and drank it.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Daniel
Page Number: 130
Explanation and Analysis:

When she thought of San Francisco, she thought about the airplane and the fire and blood and the flashes and death. When she took out her needle and sewed, she thought about peace and Amaroq.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Amaroq, Amy Pollock, Daniel
Page Number: 152
Explanation and Analysis:

Julie pointed her boots toward Kapugen.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards , Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Amaroq, Tornait , Daniel
Page Number: 170
Explanation and Analysis: