The document provides an analysis of Pauline Puyat's character in the novel Tracks. It notes that one of her most striking characteristics is her devout Catholicism, which leads her to desire being disconnected from her Ojibwa heritage and native religion. When trying to help Fleur prevent a miscarriage, Pauline is held back by her conscious separation from Ojibwa culture, and she fails to effectively prepare an herbal steep due to her inability to remember details about the plant.