Julie is Dobie’s girlfriend and eventual wife. Dobie first meets Julie because she is set to be Agnes’s maid of honor. She and Dobie wed and begin looking for furnishings for their house. In contrast to many of the other female characters in the story who embody Old Country notions of femininity, Julie is every bit the contemporary American woman who is an equal partner to Dobie. She and Dobie discuss home furnishings together, go shopping, and dream of eventually living in a bigger house with all the trappings of a middle-class American life, including a washing machine and a car. Julie also serves as Dobie’s confidant, to whom he discusses the trials of his labor organizing and the progress of the steel union.
Julie Dobrejcak Quotes in Out of This Furnace
The Out of This Furnace quotes below are all either spoken by Julie Dobrejcak or refer to Julie Dobrejcak. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 4, Chapter 5
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There were few who didn't find something brave and hopeful in its mere presence, the soiled curtains across the windows of what had been a vacant store as heart-lifting as a flag in the wind.
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Julie Dobrejcak Quotes in Out of This Furnace
The Out of This Furnace quotes below are all either spoken by Julie Dobrejcak or refer to Julie Dobrejcak. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 4, Chapter 5
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There were few who didn't find something brave and hopeful in its mere presence, the soiled curtains across the windows of what had been a vacant store as heart-lifting as a flag in the wind.
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