Why do you think a character like the awkward, elusive Winnie Richards was included in the novel? She's the chemist at Jack's university.
They have this conversation:
"Have you been hiding from me? I've left notes, phone messages."
"Not from you, Jack, or anyone in particular."
"Then why have you been so hard to find?"
"Isn't this what the twentieth century is all about?"
"What?"
"People going into hiding even when no one is looking for them."
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I don't know what Winnie was there for. I'll have to think more about it.
She excited Jack, that's for sure. But I don't know what that does for the story. And I'm sure there's more to her character than that.
Winnie was an enigma, that's for sure.
I guess if her character operated as a device so the Dylar mystery could unfold, it might be worth considering her differences from other characters.
One, she seems to be a credible source of information in a spectrum of myth and errors. Maybe others are supposed to feed off of that gift, and it makes her sort of an endangered species. When Jack really needs an answer, she's one of the few sources he'll turn to.
Two, she's sort of the antithesis of the other faculty members, who are more style than substance?
I don't think that really accounts for the dialogue you've posted, though. I'm not really getting that and how it works with Winnie ...
That's a very good question, but I'm afraid I don't have a good answer.
Maybe playing off what cl said, she's the counterpart to the "American environments" faculty, who are always easily found but entirely useless. For something worthwhile, you have to search.
Erin, your phrase "easily found but entirely useless" is fantastic.
I really liked the Winnie character. I liked that she lived at such a remove from the screwed-up world but still had such a poignant understanding of it.
I'm not sure what to make of her physical description. There's an implication that she was smart because she wasn't pretty, wasn't there? The cliche that plain and unattractive girls compensate with brains.
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