Julie of the Wolves | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Miyax/Julie - This character is a pretty thirteen-year-old girl who has an arranged marriage to a young husband who is feeble-minded and violent.

Kapugen - This character's house combines Eskimo equipment with gussak luxuries and has learned to fly a plane while his daughter was gone.

Amaroq - This character is the great black wolf, the leader of the pack and eventually the main character's foster-father.

Silver - This character is the only grown female in the pack. Although she won't allow the human to nurse from her, she does bring her a...
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