INFP 9w1 Characters
Dominant Introverted Feeling—a self-knowledge and a desire to live under one’s personal values: Sara gets wrapped up in her own feelings, and can be inconsiderate of events that do not directly affect her; she promises her father she will wear her winter boots for a few more weeks at school, but the next day puts on her spring bright red shoes, not realizing he wanted her to wear boots in case she had to flee from the Nazis into the woods, which is what happens; her impractical shoes make it hard for her to escape and she ruins them by traveling through the sewers with Julien. She stands aside and watches him get bullied. Sara admits to him later she would not have saved him, had their situations been reversed and sees his rescue of her as a kindness. Sara neglects to realize his family is risking their lives by protecting her; she doesn’t think about this until Julien accuses her of being selfish and informs her that if they get caught, they will face execution. As an old woman, Sara imports the significance of being kind to her grandson by telling him her story about being on the run from Nazis and the boy who saved her life; one that she kept a secret all these years. The time has come to speak about what happened to her, and to make it all known (Fi is infamous for keeping its emotions contained and not talking about them).
Auxiliary Extroverted Intuition—an idealistic nature devoted to interpreting what inspires personal meaning: She has more of a vivid imagination than Julien, and entertains herself in the barn by envisioning traveling and seeing unknown places. She urges him to see beyond what is there, and to create a world for them to inhabit. Sara pretends they are going on safari, or traveling through the streets of Paris, and describes all the people they see and where they are going. She loves to draw, and to see the symbolic nature of things, such as transferring her hopes onto a white bird, which she believes comforts them. After Julien dies, she believes he can fly “free as a bird” into the unknown. Even though she has experienced persecution from the Nazis, she gives Julien her notebook with updated drawings in it, since she doesn’t realize this could lead others to suspect he knows where she went. As an adult, she is a famous artist with symbolic works, though we don’t see them. She senses things between her classmates before Julian confirms this or that person is secretly in love with someone, because she figured it out first.
Tertiary Introverted Sensing—a preference for a lack of change and attention to select details: Sara finds it hard to contemplate her entire life could change overnight; the rapid shift in France toward anti-Semitism catch her off guard. She struggles to accept it. She wants things to be normal and familiar, including wearing her new shoes to school, after her father tells her not to and warns her of the danger. When she moves into the barn; she draws and imagines, makes up stories, and attends to her nightly visits with Julien, growing to love him because of their shared time together. As an old woman, she tells her own personal story to her grandson, so that he will understand her messages about kindness and how important it is to be good.
Inferior Extroverted Thinking—blunt and irritated by incompetence when under stress or overly focused on “the facts”: Sara is smart and does well at school, even if she daydreams or draws instead of paying attention, and a few times, interrupts Julien’s lessons with gossip about her friends. Though bored and stuck in the barn, she plays it safe until the Nazis take Julien from her, then risks everything by trying to find him, breaking into his parents’ home, and trying to make things happen. She’s blunt when upset.
Enneagram: 9w1
Enneagram 9—desires freedom from others’ influences, by going along with them and being tolerant, until it matters not to: Sara is peaceful, gentle, and inclined to get lost in her own feelings, thoughts, and daydreams. She doesn’t want to do hard things like leave the comfort of the barn, cross the Alps, and escape from the Nazis, and would rather stay with Julien, never once thinking it would be safer for him and his parents if they got her out of France. She is naïve in that she doesn’t want to believe the worst of others, and it catches her off guard to be mistreated by a boy at school, who compliments her art but tacks “for a Jew” on the end of it. Sara trusts in herself and is only afraid when things turn for the worse. Then she quietly goes about her business and trusts Julien to take care of her. It troubles her when, after their argument, he does not return to see her for a couple of weeks. She is slow to share her feelings for him and waits too long to tell him how much she loves him.
1 wing brings in a desire for moral rightness and perfection: She wants to be a good person, but it takes knowing Julien to build her character. As an old woman, she gets upset with her grandson for bullying a deformed boy and for being expelled because of it. She tells him he can’t just go to a new school and ignore people, but that he needs to know that kindness, goodness, and other traits are important. She tells him her life story so he will understand how awful cruelty, hatred, and prejudice are, and how much she values good, compassionate, dutiful, and moral people.
