149-165

Zizmo’s character is book two intrigues me. When we meet him as the leader of the Nation of Islam, we see ways show he is prejudice and angry in the previous chapters before is ‘death’. Superstitions and prejudices that Zizmo preaches during his stint as the leader of the nation of Islam, are foreshadowed in his interactions with Lefty and Lina before he disappears. From the way he treats Lina to the way he almost drown, through suspicions about Lefty and Lina sleeping together, Zizmo’s ideas as leader of the nation of Islam are confirmed. It makes sense when I read that that Zizmo has those ideas. I didn’t know that he was Fard at first, but when Desdemona discovers the fact, it makes sense as a reader. If I went back and reread the chapters with Zizmo before his ‘death’ I think I would find multiple instances that foreshadow Zizmo become Fard.

Pg 165 “stretching open the tissue and muscle to expose the circuitry of the fallopian tubes, he tied each in a bow, and there were no more children.” I thought this was drastic decision that Desdemona makes because she is so scared from what Dr. Phil has told her about birth defects. I think that for the time being, Desdemona’s fears are relieved. I think that Desdemona has to do something so drastic because she is so scared and she needs to make sure that it will work. But the question now is how does Cal receive that recessive gene.