World Events vs. Events in the Novel

The world events that occur simultaneously to the events of the characters in the novel are significant for in some cases the world event is a metaphor for the event in the novel. This technique which the narrator uses serves as a message to the reader as foreshadow for what is to come from the events in the novel. For example when Desdemona and Lefty embrace the Turks invade. The Turks invading is an outside force that disturbs the peace of the people in Bithynios just as Desdemona and Lefty embracing (and later reproducing) disturbs the genes of their children and those after them.