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  • 'Julie of the Wolves' book ending SPOILER

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to -B.LING on Wed Mar 20 17:00:39 2019
    On Friday, July 15, 1994 at 1:50:07 PM UTC-7, -B.LING wrote:
    folks,

    recently at a garage sale, i came across the children's
    book 'julie of the wolves,' a story about an eskimo girl
    who is 'adopted' by a pack of wolves (one of the most
    wonderful books i've ever read as a child!).

    i've always wondered how to interpret the ending.
    miyax (julie's eskimo name) had found her father, then
    realized that he had lost his 'eskimo-ness' and returned
    to the wilderness. then tornait (the plover) died, and
    she thought, the hour of the eskimo is now over, and 'pointed
    her boots towards kapugen (her father).'

    did this ending mean she had given up her new-found freedom
    of living on her own in the wild? was the hint that her father
    had actually killed the lead wolf really true? (As you can
    tell, i really *love* this book).

    what do other readers think?

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  • From Khat McGurk@21:1/5 to -B.LING on Mon Oct 4 13:41:02 2021
    On Friday, July 15, 1994 at 4:50:07 PM UTC-4, -B.LING wrote:
    folks,
    recently at a garage sale, i came across the children's
    book 'julie of the wolves,' a story about an eskimo girl
    who is 'adopted' by a pack of wolves (one of the most
    wondeful books i've ever read as a child!).
    i've always wondered how to interpret the ending.
    miyax (julie's eskimo name) had found her father, then
    realized that he had lost his 'eskimo-ness' and returned
    to the wilderness. then tornait (the plover) died, and
    she thought, the hour of the eskimo is now over, and 'pointed
    her boots towards kapugen (her father).'
    did this ending mean she had given up her new-found freedom
    of living on her own in the wild? was the hint that her father
    had actually killed the lead wolf really true? (As you can
    tell, i really *love* this book).
    what do other readers think?
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    I know this is from a long, long time ago but I just finally read the book and had the same question. These are fascinating answers. I don't care how accurate it is because it is, obviously, a work of fiction and complicated at that. The painful parts
    are many. I just wanted to know what happened to her.

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