Middlesex+13

Definition Bequeath- Leave (a personal estate or one's body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will: "an identical sum was bequeathed by Tomo". -Pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else.-- googledefinitions Tiresias was a blind prophet of Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo- wikipedia

"all you need to know to be a writer you learn by the time you're 14" I do not agree with this quote. First of all, I do not think you are equipped with a sufficient vocabulary or grammar knowledge at this age. I also do not think you have the ability to write full story with metaphors and symbols and all the other literary devices used in good books. I also do not think you have experienced enough of life to write a story for any age. You will most likely not have fallen in love, had sex/ a sexual awakening, you will not have had a family, had a traumatic loss or separation in your life. I don't feel like 14 is really old enough to understand all the emotions the human body is capable of, and what they all mean. And how can you write about humans if you yourself do not fully understand them.

I had never really thought, prior to this article, about how the author knows so much about female relationships. Eugenides talks many times about how women share themselves and about how their is a pain and suffering that comes with being a woman. I do not fully understand now why it is that he knows these things, but I do think it is interesting that he did have such insight into the female mind and the relationships. I also now understand why Cal said so many things that were not true and he did not know. HE was explaining everything to himself, so the pieces he did not have he just filled in. I did not understand what they were saying about it being self-conscience and I did not see the hints that he was making everything up throughout the novel, I honestly belived he thought he knew all these things, so I am a little confused on that part as well.