Fate vs Science ☺

In the first reading of Middlesex, Cal describes his family history prior to his birth in an attempt to explain how he became the way he is now. Though he describes his conception with very militaristic and scientific diction (such as on page 16), there is also an underlying idea of fate surrounding his origins. For example when his mother runs into a young girl, he describes her as seeming " to have existed for the sole purpose of changing my mother's mind" (15). The science explains how he became intersex however by thinking about the fate Cal can feel a sense of purpose or worth.