Crighton as Kenner?

Michael Crichton seems to use the character Kenner as his mouthpiece. He spouts knowledge out as if he were a walking database for environmental statistics. He rarely has to look for references, but when he needs to he gets his sidekick to back up what he says with the stats that prove it. Crichton certainly did do his homework though. He has several pages of references, graphs, charts, and footnotes in the back of his book and gives a detailed view of what he believes. Crichton did a great job of weaving together a thriller with his theory of environmental terrorism through the voice of Kennar.