Juliet By Anne Fortier: Critical Essay

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In the book “Juliet” by Anne Fortier, the main character Julie Jacobs, also known as Giulietta Tolomei, undergoes a series of events that include character growth in the story. This includes Julie is allowing her twin sister Janice to be apart of her life again and becoming a better judge of character when debating Eva Maria, Umberto, and Janice. An example of this is when she continues to investigate what her past can tell her about what she needs to know or learn quickly. On page 211 of the book, Julie finds out that “Eva Maria had not been entirely right in saying that Giulietta Tolomei was my ancestor. For according to this document, we were all -- Mom, Janice, and me-- descended from Giulietta's sister, Giannozza, and her husband..” (Fortier …show more content…

Before discovering Janice was pretending to be Romeo, Julie also investigated who the mysterious person on the motorcycle was. This event was considered interesting to the reader due to the fact that when the character is introduced, they have no identity and act in a peculiar way that didn’t reveal who it truly was. This is demonstrated on page 211 and 212 when Julie says “It was indeed my motorcycle stalker, making textbook figure-eights beneath a streetlamp. There was no doubt in my mind that it was the same guy who had followed me twice before…” (Fortier 211-212). This is intriguing due to the reader having to continue reading to discover that the motorcyclist isn't actually Romeo, but is Janice instead. This factor adds complications to the conflict along with Alessandro being the possible intruder at Julie’s hotel room in Verona as expressed on page 235. At this moment in the story, Julie is defending Alessandro, but doesn’t realize that there is a possibility that he is the one who “broke into (Julie’s) hotel room..” ( Fortier

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