At the beginning of the novel, we see her as a classic
Beta, one who is programmed and genetically modified to do her job well, to have a lot
of shallow relationships with people, and to be fixated on activity and pleasure.
However, it is through Bernard and John that her character is given depth. First of
all, she goes out with the antisocial Bernard; this indicates possibly a level of
maturity not found in her group of women. Then, when John comes onto the scene, we see
her become completely turned upside down over him. She experiences, for the first time,
real love and desire to be with someone, deeper than the shallow relationships she's had
in the past. We see her struggle with those feelings and that change, and try to fit it
into her realm of thinking.
John is the real force for her
dynamic status; otherwise, she would have remained a flat, stereotypical character that
is highly predictable because of her social class. John in fact does a lot of
interesting things to the main characters of the novels; once he comes on the scene, he
is a force that changes all of their lives. I hope that helped a bit; good
luck!
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