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Definitions: The Oracle of Delphi:Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. In Greek mythology Delphi was the site of the Delphic Oracle, the most distinctive oracle in the Greek world, and the major site of the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python. Site of the Pythian games every four years. The Pythian games were precursors to the Olympics. The Oracle was the priestess at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. She was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi#Oracle]

Aeneas:In the Iliad Aeneas is the leader of the Trojan's Dardanian allies. He was a Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy. The journey of Aeneas from Troy which led to the founding of a hamlet in Rome is recounted in Virgil's //Aeneid.// []

8. Callie is in a liminal state for much of these chapters. She is extremely lost and confused at this point. She desperately wants to experience female development just like the rest of her friends but of course, she never does. She also feels a strong attraction for other girls, and while she feels slightly uncomfortable with this and feels that there is something wrong with her, the feelings for The Obscure Object still linger. Even when Callie makes the connection that she may in fact be a male through her sexual encounter with Jerome she is still torn. This is illustrated through her ability to slip into Rex's body while she is on the other cot with Jerome. She experiences both makeout sessions. On the one hand she wishes that she could be more like the typical female in order to maintain her close friendship with the Object. But on the other hand she finds it more and more difficult to fight her strong sexual attraction to the Object.

4. "The Object slept on her back. She told me once that back sleepers were the leaders in life, born performers or exhibitionists. Stomach sleepers like me were in retreat from reality, given to dark perception and the meditative arts. This theory applied in our case. I lay prine, my nose and eyes sore from crying. The Object, supine, yawned and (like a born performer, perhaps) soon fell asleep" (382). This quotation describes Callie's position in life. At this point, she would like nothing more than to escape from the horrifying reality. While the Object is confident and comfortable in her skin, Callie is lost and confused, longing to escape the confusion and conflicting messages in her life.