Middlesex: #6: B

This last section of Middlesex was very eventful. First of all, the happy household of Lefty and Desdemona is no longer. Both are definitely having some issues getting over their past actions an what guilty has come from that. In this next quote, Desdemona shows how much she wished that they had not gotten married and had children. “I wish I had died in the fire! I swear to you! I wish I had died in Smyrna!”(156) While the environment at home may have not been all that great, Lefty’s career was thriving. He started a new pornography photo collection with his friend. “Plantagenat took the photographs. My grandfather provided the models. The girls weren’t hard to find. They came into the speakeasy every night.”(158) In this section, a new turn in culture is shown through the moods and actions of the characters. “ Bring on the era of the backseat! Automobiles were the new pleasure dome. They turned the common man into sultan of the open road.”(159) In this section, Desdemona also was relieved of her job. After Fard’s criminal convictions, the Temple #1 started to shutdown, which included the silk factory. While on her way out, the curiosity in her character proved strong. She entered the sacred temple enclosure and was met by her cousin’s (dead) husband.