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There is so much in this book. I felt sympathy for Callie, nostalgia during the home movies, fear for Desdemona and Lefty many times, fear for Milton in the navy, i was curious and intrigued by the plot line. I was shocked by events like the Maxine's death, the object and callie's hookups, callie getting hit by a tractor, callie running away, milton driving off a bridge ecteraThen at some parts I was upset and mad at the characters. This is one of the only books i have read at St. Paul's I have gotten into, I don't mean like essay analysis deep, I mean thinking about the characters and events when i am not reading or in english class. Not only am i fascinated with the the story, but also how Eugenides wrote everything so deliberately. However, I did find myself confused a little more than i would have liked. I was lost in some of the detail and the allusions because, although many of them are minor details, there are the few that can change the meaning of a scene if you don't know what it is referring to. Despite this minor set back i think i can honestly say that i thoroughly enjoyed this book. I wasn't as uncomfortable as i thought i was going to be with the whole situation. I think Eugenides did a nice job of explaining the graphic details with class (for lack of a better word), and dignity that enhances the story rather than ruins it.

I love the last scene of the novel. The entire time I wondered how Cal knew everything about his family. I forgot about desdemona for a while, i thought she jut died and it wasn't a big deal, the same way Eugenides treated the other deaths of the story, Maxine and Zizmo in particular, bluntly with little emotion. I think it is awesome that Cal can jog her memory not only because he looks like lefty but he is asking her about her favorite subject, her life in Greece and her life with Lefty. She also ends the story never being wrong, she guessed Cal was a boy but he was a girl at first, Desdemona was never wrong.