Juliana and The Reason She Lives

What kind of woman was Juliana? She was a woman that was lost in a world she could not comprehend. Her existence was based solely on the fact she didn't know how to live. She was clinging to every moment and whoever seemed to need her at a given time. All she wanted was to feel needed; to have reason to live. In the world on the novel the idea of having purpose is critical in order to understand The Man In The High Castle. Philip K. Dick created the character Juliana because in this world, humans always move in a linear direction, unable to change their perception of the world. It is with change that humans become conscious of a world outside of their spectrum. Juliana was a character that struggle with understanding anything outside of what she knew. She accepted the world as it was and anything else was just impossible. When she was giving the book “The Grasshopper Lies Heavy” she started to understand that you can’t take everything at face value. At this point she began to change direction and enter a new world; a world where Germany lost the war. Philip K. Dick needed a character that would become conscious of the truth, however never have the tools needed to change anything. Juliana was created in order to show that truth regardless how powerful cannot stand on its own. That truth does not exist because of an individual it has to be accepted by the masses of people in order to live. Juliana is left in limbo, a place where she loses the ability live in the world where Germany won the world. She becomes spiritually defeated and retreats back to her old life. This was the purpose Philip K Dick envision for Juliana; to suffer the greatest pain imaginable, living with the truth, in a world created with lies.