During the final party at Homer's place, Faye plays the role of the saucy performer for an audience of lust-struck schmucks. They even gather around her like it's theater in the round. Interestingly, this is also the moment when Faye seems most comfortable in her own skin.

Here's an important thing to note: Faye is well aware of the effect she has on men. Still, she's not quite the expert seductress Tod believes her to be—if she were, she'd probably be an A-Lister already. Though Faye uses her beauty to her advantage, she does it without entirely understanding what she's doing.

Even Claude catches the bug by the end of the novel. Now that he's not the one being toyed with, though, Tod is able to look at the situation dispassionately and see it as the farce it really is. Still, we kind of doubt he has the capability to apply this knowledge to his own life.