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Middlesex novel book review6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() “Not you.” (p.13) What happens when characters in the novel challenge fate?Ĥ. When Tessie and Milton decide to try to influence the sex of their baby, Desdemona disapproves. Why did the author choose to structure the story this way? How does this movement backward and forward in time reflect the larger themes of the work?ģ. Cal is born at the beginning of Book Three, about halfway through the novel. Middlesex begins just before Cal’s birth in 1960, then moves backward in time to 1922. ![]() 11) Is Cal’s condition a result of chance or fate? Which of these forces governs the world as Cal sees it?Ģ. ![]() Delay the act by an hour and you change the gene selection.” (p. Describing his own conception, Cal writes: “The timing of the thing had to be just so in order for me to become the person I am. ![]()
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