Character Analysis: Into The Wild '

“The bird will be white with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. It will fly” (Mafi the28). This is what Juliette was thinking when she was locked up in her cell, unkempt, secluded from the world because she was born with a power she did not choose to have. She was locked up for 264 days and a white bird with streaks of gold was all she dreamt about and being able to touch people without hurting them. I can connect to Juliette’s imagination; I can evaluate Juliette’s personality; I can question Adam’s thoughts and actions toward Juliette. While reading the first couple chapters of the book I constantly found myself relating to Juliette’s endless imagination. Juliette and I both share the fact our imagination runs wild when we experience
At first, she was scared. Being locked in a cell, not being able to touch anyone or she would kill them is something she cannot control. Fear consumed her when she was taken out and was sent to Warner to help fight The Reestablishment. She did not want to touch anyone. She did not want to hurt anyone. She did not want to kill anyone. ☺ This made her confused. Warner the arrogant-but-extremely-attractive-but-arrogant ☺ ruler of the army that is going against The Reestablishment wanted her powers to help fight against the government. Juliette dislikes that Warner wanted her purely for the fact that she has powers that are useful to his needs. Juliette did not understand why it was her powers he needed and no one else’s. Why her powers were so important to him. After thinking about every possibility she started to become open-minded. She was gaining confidence. She found out she is able to touch Adam and Warner. When she feels Adams skin it gives her an extraordinary feeling, one that feels better than sucking the life out of others. (It feels amazing when she touches other people even when it hurts them, she cannot control it.) She finds comfort in knowing she can be close to someone for once in her life. Juliette was a scared little girl through many other steps found closure in her feelings toward her
How do Adam’s thoughts influence his actions toward Juliette? How he first sees Juliette changes from what he thought of her toward the end of the book. Adam saw her as a monster. He was confused on why Her touch was lethal and why it needed to be her. He originally sent Adam to see what she was capable of. After he saw that Warner wanted to use her powers to fight, Adam started to realize her powers do not define her. He snuck into her room and spent extra time getting to know the real her. They both figured out that they grew up together and went to the same school, but never talked. His actions went along the same path. Adam thought he couldn’t touch Juliette. Every time he came into her room he had to hold himself back. Until one day his feelings consumed him. He touched her and nothing happened. He continued to touch her and nothing was happening. He can touch the girl he loved and was completely over joined. Juliette was surprised and confused but those were not the only emotions pulsing through her veins. She was ecstatic and thrilled that she could feel skin that did not belong to her. Everything in her body felt like tingly like her clothes were jumping off her body ☺ so she could feel the skin-to-skin contact. It was everything she could imagine and more, she loved the feeling of having someone that could touch not only her skin but her heart too. Adam figured out that she was more than a monster.