Julie Kikuchi Character Analysis in Middlesex

Julie is a Japanese-American artist whom Cal meets in Berlin. Cal is initially entranced by her, although he struggles to work up the courage to be intimate with her, due to lingering feelings of shame about his intersex condition. When Cal eventually reveals the truth about himself, Julie accepts him for who he is.

Julie Kikuchi Character Timeline in Middlesex

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

Cal has seen the bicyclist again, and spoken to her this time. Her name is Julie Kikuchi, she’s from California and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, and they... (full context)

Cal and Julie go to dinner at a restaurant called Austria. Julie is a photographer who looks 26,... (full context)

The next time Cal sees Julie, he visits her studio, and is captivated by her photographs of factories, which are her... (full context)

...longer speak. Back in Cal’s adult life, he is drinking coffee and eating strudel with Julie at Café Einstein. Julie says she thinks “beauty is always freakish.” Cal describes his own... (full context)

Cal and Julie are going away together on a weekend trip to Pomerania. Cal picks her up in... (full context)

...point, Cal pauses the story to provide an update on his trip to Pomerania with Julie. While they are there, Cal notices that there is a real estate boom happening in... (full context)

However, on the way back to Berlin, Cal becomes withdrawn, and after they get home Julie doesn’t call him for days, which leads him to conclude that their budding romance is... (full context)

...opening of an Andy Warhol exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie. He is hoping to see Julie there, and is disappointed when he can’t find her in the crowd. However, before long,... (full context)

After learning that Cal is intersex, Julie jokes that she might still be considered his “last stop.” They go back to his... (full context)