Recently in my book, Double Helix, Dr. Wyatt invited Eli over to his house for lunch one day. When Eli showed up he was introduced to a beautiful, smart, athletic girl named Kayla. She catches Eli's attention immediately and the three of them spend hours talking. Eli even misses the date with his girlfriend he has been planning all week. Eli describes this incident as unintended; he was just so intrigued by the conversation with Dr. Wyatt and Kayla that he lost track of time.
I am starting to believe that this interest in Kayla is much more meaningful than her just being an attractive girl. I feel that Dr. Wyatt intentionally introduced the two of them at lunch. If I were to look at this meal from the perspective of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster, then I would say that because this meal was a success Eli has begun to find more peace of mind in his life. This holds true in the next few chapters as Eli starts to fix things with his father and accept his mother's illness.
I also think that Eli's introduction to Kayla was significant because I have noticed that the two of them have a great deal of things in common. Both of them are smart, athletic, good looking, tall, and skinny. When Eli first saw Kayla he said he felt "the eeriest sense of familiarity from her...” All of these details, the fact that Dr. Wyatt is so interested in both of them, and that Dr. Wyatt knows Eli and Kayla's families so well makes me think that Eli and Kayla could be related and not know it. I have been leaning towards the idea that the two of them are an experiment of Dr. Wyatt's; and now I think that Dr. Wyatt separated a pair of twins, Kayla and Eli, at birth. I'm not sure whether or not he genetically altered Eli and Kayla; however I do have a very strong feeling that Dr. Wyatt had them meet on purpose.
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