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Middlesex Narrator:

First-Person P.O.V

What Happens When You Assume

Cal is an authoritative narrator—just check out our "Allusions" section to see all of the references he makes. But does he really know what he's talking about? There's no way he was there when his parents were courting; he hadn't even been born yet. And he's even further removed from his grandparents' story. Yet he tells both these tales in such vivid detail. Do you believe he speaks the truth?