Kitty Jones

Kathleen "Kitty" Jones, a character from Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. In the trilogy, Kitty is a commoner and a member of an underground association where she works against the magicians and government in an underground rebellion called the Resistance.

Overview

Kitty is a dark-haired girl with her hair cut above her shoulders. She has dark brown eyes and a heavy browed. She has a small mole on her nose.

Kitty is stubborn and determined, which makes for a useful member of the Resistance. She often wears a leater jacket, like the other Resistance members, and has baggy pants. Her father works as a salesmen in the leather department of a shop and her mother is a clerk.

A commoner who is one of the main characters of the trilogy, she appears in book one, but only for a few scenes, and has about 2 pages for her and her fellow Resistance members. However in book two, The Golem's Eye she assumes a much larger role and some of the story is from her point of view. In book two she is duped into unleashing a terrible afrit (Honorius) onto the streets of London. In book three, Ptolemy's Gate, she assumes a more important role as she searches to look for an end to the human-djinni hatred, and delves into some of Bartimaeus's history. By the end of the trilogy she is a developed main character. Mutual romantic feelings between Nathaniel and Kitty are also strongly hinted at in the third novel.

Character progression arguably reaches its peak by the end of book two.

= Role in books

The Amulet Of Sarmarkhand

There is very little information on Kitty during The Amulet of Samarkand. She is portrayed as a villain, or at least, someone hindering Nathaniel during his initial quest. Though readers are not led to think especially well of Nathaniel at this time, Kitty's attack on him comes at a time when there is possibility for him to reform from his mostly arrogant ways and this portrays Kitty in a bad light.

The Golem's Eye

After her brief mention in the first book, more of Kitty's character is revealed within the first few chapters, revealing a history as tragic as Nathaniel's. Kitty is established as one of the main protagonists of the book, fighting against the oppressive nature of the magicians. Within the book Kitty is betrayed and has to run for her life twice, ultimately proving herself when she saves Nathaniel’s life by killing the Golem, though Nathaniel gets the credit for this.

Ptolemy’s Gate

Years later, and under the cover of two false identities, Kitty begins to search for Bartimaeus after the enlightening conversation she had with the Djinni in book two. Where previously Kitty had thought demons such as Bartimaeus were souless and willing servants to the magicians, her discovery that the spirits are in fact slaves sparks an idea that djinn and commoners can work together against the magicians. Though this idea is initially dismissed by Bartimaeus, who is too old and too beaten to think things can ever change, Kitty’s act of faith in him ultimately convinces him that she is right and the state of the world and the other place may move onward and pass the rule of their tyrannical oppressors.