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5) I find it interesting that Lina has been able to give her husband so much grief in his death. She has paid all her respects and everyone believes she has sent him to heaven. However, she also is not going to wear black for the rest of her life, so she has mourned him, but only for as long as she has to. After that she seems over it. I cannot, therefore, figure out what her feelings are about her husband's death. I know she was not a huge fan of her husband, but perhaps in his death she has realized how much she needed him. Or perhaps she is just a very emotional person and has all these pent up feelings from being gay, being a mother, being alone, and having so much kept up inside of her. Perhaps Zizmo's death is her tipping point, her mental breaking point, and now she has simply lost it.

3) TELL HIM YOU ARE SCARED. I don't understand why it is that Desdemona has so much trouble sharing her feelings with Lefty. I am sure if she merely spoke to him, told him how she was scared and not ready to have another child, he would understand. He would be able to see where she was coming from, and maybe they could work out some kind of compromise. Her keeping secrets and feelings from him is not helping anyone and the tension in the house is building very quickly. They have risked so much and have put so much into their relationship, that they owe it to each other to make it work. However, it does lead the reader to wonder if they really are made for each other, or they merely got together out of simplicity. Her keeping secrets is just really bothering me, and I know there are some things you can't share, but she knows exactly why she is upset and she would be talking to the man she has risked her life to be with, so I think she should tell him.