According to the novel, it is understood that Catherine had already underwent her changes into maturity before the beginning of the novel becuase her fiance had died. She is then used as an index to help Henry mature. After several visits to the garden, Henry falls in love with her and through their relationship, Henry tires to be influenced by her maturity. …show more content…
She is still the same static two-dimensional nurse as seen in the beginning of the novel. As they are living in Switzerland, Catherine has the expected baby. However, the baby immediately dies. She still shows no signs of a major transformation or character development. As a result form the baby dying and most likely poor medical procedures, she had a hemorrhage. As she laid on her deathbed, she was still static. Henry described her as being like a statue. Page 284, “it was like saying good-by to a statue.” The hospital offered her a priest but to our surprise she asked for Henry instead because she is a nihilist. She still showed no emotion. She then dies and the book abruptly ends with Henry’s quote about her being like a statue. For such a major part of the plot, it is astonishing that Catherine is such a vague static