Summary:
The narrator talks about her college years. She had a girlfriend named Olivia, how ironic. She said that they were joined together by their common woundedness. Olivia was brutally attacked and almost raped when she was simply thirteen. Thankfully, the police caught the person, and Olivia had to go to court to testify several times. After finishing college, Calliope took a trip around the world. When She went to Brussels, she fell in love with a bartender there, and she asked her to marry her. The bartender refused her proposal and ran off with somebody else instead.
In the chapter called "Tiresias in love", Callie is forced to go to the doctor for her check-up. She pretended like she didn't understand why she needs to see a "ladies doctor", because she had already seen her regular physician for her physical.
Quote:
"When girls get a certain age, Callie, they have to go get checked" -said her mother
"why" -said Calliope
(Eugenides, 340)
Reaction:
This is a pretty interesting quote. When your young, you barely understand what happens to your body when you grow. But, Callie a grown lady. She knows why a "lady doctor" has to check a girls body. She was pretending like she did not understand situation. She played it cool, and followed her mother's lead.
In the chapter called "Tiresias in love", Callie is forced to go to the doctor for her check-up. She pretended like she didn't understand why she needs to see a "ladies doctor", because she had already seen her regular physician for her physical.
Quote:
"When girls get a certain age, Callie, they have to go get checked" -said her mother
"why" -said Calliope
(Eugenides, 340)
Reaction:
This is a pretty interesting quote. When your young, you barely understand what happens to your body when you grow. But, Callie a grown lady. She knows why a "lady doctor" has to check a girls body. She was pretending like she did not understand situation. She played it cool, and followed her mother's lead.
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