***Spoiler Alert***
If
you have not read Shark Station yet, reading the character interview
questions and answers below will spoil it for you. This
is meant to be read after you’ve finished
reading the book.
Character Profile
Name: Dr. Amaya Avraham
Age: 40
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Favorite Color: Crimson
Official Job on Shark Station: Chief Hydroculturalist
and Nutritionist
Personality Description:
Dr. Amaya Avraham is a curious,
driven plant biologist who lacks a sense of adventure outside the laboratory. She
has a practical approach to life and believes that every decision should be
well-thought-out before executing it. If a decision is made out of emotion
rather than logic, she considers it irrational. Willing to do whatever it takes
to improve the science of hydroponics, she’s dedicated her life to studying
gene expression and how to utilize it to grow the most nutritional plants for
the people of Oceania.
Dr. Avraham has the ESTJ-A
or Executive personality type. If you want to read more about this personality
type, you can visit https://www.16personalities.com/estj-personality.
***Spoiler Content Below This Point***
Character Interviews
Question 1: Why did you volunteer to go to
Shark Station?
Answer: I didn’t volunteer, perse. Mayor Cho
personally asked me to go. He informed me of the situation at hand and that the
individuals on the station would need someone with my expertise in order to
keep everyone alive. They would need food to be grown and in an environment
like Shark Station, a rookie wouldn’t have been able to keep the plants alive
long enough at a healthy state for human consumption. He also told me he chose
me for my distance from the situation and ability to keep my resolve under pressure.
Question 2: How did you feel about Allie
and her friends after spending a couple of days with them?
Answer: Mayor Cho had told me about some of their
misadventures and why they were being sent to Shark Station in the first place.
I quickly discovered for myself why they were being dealt such a punishment.
They have a clear lack of respect for authority, take unnecessary risks, and
repeatedly put themselves and other’s lives in danger. They refuse to listen to
anyone they disagree with and act cavalier about getting out of their predicament
without a scratch. I detested having to be in charge of them, but at the least,
it gave me dedicated time to work on my gene expression research while having
free helpers.
Question 3: How did you feel when the teenagers'
attitudes changed towards you after the earthquake?
Answer: Honestly, I was shocked. I did not expect that
from them, especially Allie, who had clearly held animosity for me the entire
stay at the station. Devon was the one I was least shocked about. He acted with
an air of professionalism and did his best despite the dismal circumstances. I
am most grateful to him for what he did.
Question 4: What did you do while waiting
for rescue in the hydroponic room?
Answer: At first, once I was able to stand again, I attempted
to make my way to the stairwell to reach the upper floors. The aftershocks
blocked the way both up and down, so I was trapped. I didn’t know how long it
would take to be rescued, so I used what I could to make a makeshift bed to
sleep on. I had plenty of food and water thanks to the hydroponics chamber, but
every time I tried to use the communication system to alert Oceania, I heard nothing.
It was disheartening, but I had hope due to the hydroponics chamber. I worried
about the others since they were in much worse shape than me.
Random Question: What was the most difficult
plant for you to maintain the hydroponic chambers?
Answer: Potatoes. They were difficult for a variety of
reasons. One was because of their size, but also because somehow, they kept growing
a fungus that I couldn’t place. The potatoes that I was using were genetically altered
for a shorter growing period and I hypothesize that could have been why they
weren’t growing well. They were certainly the ones that gave me the most
headaches.
