Judith Character Analysis in Julie of the Wolves

Judith is an Inuk girl who attends school with Miyax in Mekoryuk. According to Martha, Judith disrespects her parents. When Judith invites Miyax to come over after school one day, Miyax notices that Judith’s house has a gas stove, a couch, and cotton curtains, which signify Judith’s family’s assimilation into non-indigenous society. Judith and Rose, another schoolgirl, mock Miyax for mistakenly referring to Judith’s charm bracelet as an i’noGo tied, a type of Inuit totem.

Judith Quotes in Julie of the Wolves

The Julie of the Wolves quotes below are all either spoken by Judith or refer to Judith. 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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“What a lovely i’noGo tied!” Julie said politely. “A what?” asked Judith. Julie repeated the Eskimo word for the house of the spirits. Judith snickered. “That’s a charm bracelet,” she said. Rose giggled and both laughed derisively. Julie felt the blood rush to her face as she met, for the first but not the last time, the new attitudes of the Americanized Eskimos. She had much to learn besides reading. That night she threw her i’noGo tied away.

Related Characters: Miyax Kapugen/Julie Edwards (speaker), Judith (speaker), Kapugen/Charlie Edwards, Martha, Rose

Related Symbols: I’noGo Tied

Page Number and Citation: 85-86

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