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Nej, hon glömde inte.
De viktigaste ledtrådarna är i Crichtons beskrivning av hur Norman betraktar Beth genom hela boken.
I början av boken beskriver han henne som "maskulin" och " skarp utrustad ". Han erkänner att hon är "söt" men han koncentrerar sig mest på hennes muskler och kroppsbyggnad
Beth Halpern, the team zoologist, was a study in contrasts. She was a tall, angular woman of
thirty-six who could be called pretty despite her sharp features and the almost masculine quality
of her body. In the years since Norman had last seen her, she seemed to have emphasized her
masculine side even more. Beth was a serious weight-lifter and runner; the veins and muscles
bulged at her neck and on her forearms, and her legs, beneath her shorts, were powerful. Her hair
was cut short, hardly longer than a man’s.
Halvvägs genom boken börjar sfären förstöra sina uppfattningar och hans beskrivning blir mycket mer gynnsam;
She looked okay. If anything, she looked better than ever. Stronger,
clearer. She actually looked rather beautiful, he thought.
Senare blir effekten ännu mer uttalad;
Norman went up to the lab to see beth, but she was asleep, curled up
on her couch. In sleep, she looked quite beautiful. It was odd after
all the time down here she should seem so radiant. It was as if the
harshness had gone out of her features. Her nose did not seem so sharp
any more; the line of the mouth was softer, fuller. He looked at her
arms, which had been sinewy, veins bulging. The muscles seemed
smoother, more feminine somehow.
På den sista sidan ser vi att hon är behöll sin skönhet . Det är uppenbart att någon fortfarande måste ha "makten" och eftersom hon var den enda som var ovillig att ge upp det, kan vi rimligen dra slutsatsen att hon lurade de andra att avstå från sin kraft medan de behöll sig själv.
He glanced back at Beth and Harry. They both looked tired. Beth stared
into space, preoccupied with her own thoughts. But her face was
serene; despite the hardships of their time underwater, Norman
thought she looked almost beautiful. “You know, Beth,” he said, “you
look lovely.”