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"three fire insurance policies from separate companies" (250) This quote makes the story come in full circle. Originally there was a fire in Smyrna and therefore Lefty had three fire insurance policies, now after the fire in Detroit, those three policies have saved Milton from his economic woes. Everything happens for a reason, and it is interesting to note the way life and history has repeated itself in this story. Not only have both grandparents and parents shared rooms as young children and been closely related and grown up together, but events such as fires wars have repeated themselves as well. If Lefty had not been in Symrna he would not have had Milton keep the three policies and then Milton would have had no escape from his financial crisis, so perhaps everything happens for a reason, everything is fated, everything is meant to be.

Marius WC Grimes- At first I thought this character was like that of Fard, since they are compared at one point. I thought he was a real life person, who Eugenides has used as a part of his fictional story, however, after some research, this idea proved to be false. I think maybe Eugenides might have done this in the first place to make his story more credible, but now every time he enters a character connected with a historical event, I automatically assume that character is real. These mind tricks Eugenides is playing on me make his story seem more credible, and blur the line between fact and fiction!