At the start of the final chapter, Norman awakes earlier than the others and, looking out the door window, laments the young and inexperienced crew members who are ignoring them when they should be doing their job, respecting what they had just gone through. There's more evidence that Norman kept it, than there is that Beth did. Neither Beth nor Norman gave up the power. Serene despite the hardships of their time underwater, Norman Clearly someone must still have 'the power' and since she was the only one who was reluctant to give it up, we can reasonably conclude that she tricked the others into relinquishing their power while retaining it herself. On the final page we see that she's retained her beauty.

He looked at herĪrms, which had been sinewy, veins bulging. Her nose did not seem so sharpĪny more the line of the mouth was softer, fuller. It was odd afterĪll the time down here she should seem so radiant. Norman went up to the lab to see beth, but she was asleep, curled up Later, the effect becomes even more pronounced She actually looked rather beautiful, he thought. If anything, she looked better than ever. Halfway through the book, the sphere starts messing with their perceptions and his description becomes much more favourable Was cut short, hardly longer than a man’s. Beth was a serious weight-lifter and runner the veins and musclesīulged at her neck and on her forearms, and her legs, beneath her shorts, were powerful. In the years since Norman had last seen her, she seemed to have emphasized her Thirty-six who could be called pretty despite her sharp features and the almost masculine quality He acknowledges that she's 'pretty' but he mostly concentrates on her muscles and physiqueīeth Halpern, the team zoologist, was a study in contrasts. The major clues are in Crichton's description of how Norman views Beth throughout the book.Īt the start of the book he describes her as 'masculine' and ' sharp-featured'. 'You know, Beth,' he said, 'you look lovely.'īeth did not seem to hear, but then she turned toward him slowly. Serene despite the hardships of their time underwater, Norman thought Into space, preoccupied with her own thoughts. 'Actually, Beth,' Harry said, 'she looks a little like you.'Īlso Beth apparently would make use of the power to make herself look very attractive, what brings me to what happenes in the end: 'I don't think there's any need for comments of that kind.' 'What's wrong-offended on her behalf?' Harry said. Reporters would go crazy with this, wouldn't they? Sexy woman from theįuture found nude and mummified. 'She's pretty good-looking,' Harry said, peering through the glass.

They found a mummified woman in a hibernation chamber that looks like Beth (page 250):

It seems to me that in the novel Sphere by Michael Crichton, Beth (the woman that also had the power) didn't forget the whole thing at the end.

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