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One Day By Claire Randall Character Analysis

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Sabrina Mai
Mr. Hyde
English II Pre-AP, Period 6
3/8/15
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
SETTING
Despite the main character being originally from 1945, England, the majority of Claire Randall’s story takes place in the year 1743, Scotland. From there, the main character travels around the Scottish countryside from Inverness to Culloden, Clava, Lallybroch, and Castle Leoch which are real places but set in a fictional historical setting.
PLOT
Claire Beauchamp Randall (age 27) was an army nurse during World War II. Married to Frank Randall, a history professor, the two decide to take a vacation for their anniversary in Scotland.
When exploring an ancient stone circle in the woods, Claire hears an odd sound and wanting to investigate touches one …show more content…

She meets Colum MacKenzie who at first believes that she is a spy but when meeting with Captain Randall finds that she’s not on anybody’s side.
From tending Jamie’s wounds, both of them become close friends. Claire finds out that Jamie has a personal vendetta against Jack Randall and that his name is actually, Jamie Fraser.
Colum and his brother Dougal, (Claire finds out that they’re Jamie’s uncles) in order to protect Claire from the English, decide to make her Scottish by marrying her into the family. This gives Claire protection from the Randall and stops animosity from the castle’s residents from Claire being a Sassenach or “outlander”.
At first unwilling, Claire consults Jamie and asks him if he knew that Dougal and Colum were organizing a wedding. He replied that he did and that he wouldn’t mind because more marriages were more unfortunate with the couples not even knowing each other. Claire conflicted with her marriage to Frank tries to deter Jamie by asking if he would still want to marry her even though she wasn’t a virgin. Jamie says that he wouldn’t mind that she wasn’t a virgin if she wouldn’t mind that he was a virgin. Claire in shock asks Jamie his age, to which he replies twenty three years

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