Outside Reading Post 4

Well....
I think that Ill continue my character description of Catherine Staples, she is becoming ever more important in the novel so it might be a good thing if I did a real characterization of her. Catherine is introduced into the novel after Marie escapes her captors. Marie is looking for somewhere to hide out and somewhere to get help with her situation. She remembers a friend from the Canadian consulate that she had met at a seminar somewhere and vaguely remembers that she was stationed in Hong Kong. She surreptitiously contacts Catherine and they meet to discuss Marie's situation. Catherine is appalled by the actions of the American government and becomes wholeheartedly involved in the situation. She focuses not only on keeping Marie out of the eyes of the government but also on solving the mystery of David Webb.
Catherine Staples is a Canadian woman about 50 years of age. She is an assistant director of the Canadian consulate in Hong Kong and has been stationed there for an undefined period of time. She still keeps her connections to Canada but seems to have fully embraced Asian life. Catherine actually resembles Bourne a great deal and is very serious, quick thinking, and instinctive. She seems to have a burning passion for all of her 'missions' and is very persistent, not giving up until things are settled.
"The solution?" Asked Haviland
"There's only one... "said Catherine, "Hardball"(421).
This quote is a perfect description of how Staples thinks. It is in response of how to deal with a corrupt political figure in the People's Republic(China). She gets to the point and is ready to play "Hardball" right away. No nonsense. Make the kill.
There is one other character that is beginning to see plenty of action in the novel and that is Philippe D'Anjou. He is Frenchman who came from the same background as David Webb. They fought together in the Black Ops program "Medusa" during the Vietnam war. D'Anjou is as highly trained of a killer as Bourne is but he thinks in a much different manner. He is very calculative and very cautious and is not willing to take much risk. He acts as a calming figure to Bourne and prevents him from doing rash things. D'Anjou is also very self serving and again will risk little of himself. He is often referred to as Echo because that was his name in Medusa. He will also almost always call Bourne Delta, because that was Bourne's name during the war. Way back on page 246 he says, "Ultimately the motives don't really matter do they? Only the results"(246) This is a good description of how D'Anjou thinks. If he is doing something only for his own purposes he's fine with that. If he gets what he wants, he doesn't care how he got it. This does not make him a bad person though. The war may have instilled slightly messed up morals in him but he still keeps good intentions at heart.
Most of the time.