Middlesex+(Entry+6)

Twenty-First Amendment - The twenty-first amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment which mandated nationwide Prohibition. The Twenty-First Amendment was ratified on Demeber 5, 1933. The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. However, the Eighteenth Amendment actually increased crime rates as gangsters illegally sold alcohol and drugs under the counter. Congress proposed the twenty-first amendment repealing the eighteenth amendment on December 5, 1933. Currently, states have the ability and power to make their laws regarding alcohol and drugs themselves. It seems now that Congress is giving more power to states allowing them to create their own set of laws regarding alcohol, driving laws, etc. []
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 * Definitions, Quoted Lines, Ambiguous Parts**
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Battle of the Overpass - The Battle of the Overpass occured on May 26, 1937. Labor organizers clashed with Ford Motor Compay security guards. Prior to the battle, the United Auto Workers had planned a campaign entitled: "Unionism, not Fordism." These United Auto Workers demanded a $8 daily wage rate for working 6 hours a day. Many police officers that were at the scene ignored the violence that occured during the Battle. This causes great debate on whether or not many of the things that took place during Battle could have been prevented. []

"Compared with Zoe's strong, mannish features, Tessie had so-called all-American looks, and this was certainly part of what attraacted my father" (174). In this quote, Zoe's mannish features are being compared to Tessie's American features. Supposedly, the American features are what were so cultivating according to Milton Stephanides. This quote is just a classic example of the difference between Europeans and Americans. It shows that society really placed a great emphasis on appearance and one's race was determined by their appearance. That is truly remarkable in that it is unfair and irrational.
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In a description of Desdemona, Desdemona is described as a woman that was "always cooking, cleaning, doting on her children and the children of others" (171). I may be looking at this from a stereotypical view, but Desdemona is described as the stereotypical woman. I find this quote interesting because it goes along with our discussion in class about male versus female. However, I do believe that women sometimes even admit to being the ones in the household who cook and clean. This leads me to believe that men cannot be fully blamed for their opinions because some women hold the same opinions.

Over the course of the novel, I have found many mentions of the color red. In this section that we had to read for homework, there were multiple phrases that involved the color red. Desdemona's red toenails. Desdemona's dress pattern of red flowers. When Michael Antoniou offers the cherry to Desdemona, a cherry is red. In the last segment of the last chapter in Book 2, while Chapter Eleven and Jimmy Papanikolas are playing the egg cracking game, the color of the egg is red. I have yet to discover what exactly the color red means. In Book 1, I thought the color red was related to fire, but knew that was wrong. In Book 2, the significance of the color red is ambiguous.
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