EN 2011 Lecture Notes - Billy Tipton, Trans Man, Miraculous Births
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An event or object that is essential to the novel: kathleen"s diary, the family tree, lily meeting rose, rose"s suit, green dress, ambrose nightgown. Saint ambrose is the source of the religious quotes that are on the funeral cards. Saint ambrose becomes frances and lily"s guide. What rose"s suit represents in terms of rose"s sexuality and lily"s sexuality. Billy tipton was a jazz performer, and he is an interesting figure in our understanding of our sexuality. He dressed as a man on stage from the age of. 18, in his early life he was referred to as a lesbian. He appeared the way he did because he wanted to succeed in a man-dominated field. There is no reason to presume that rose"s father exists. It is possible that it is a character that rose created just to give herself a father figure. She wants to be daddy"s girl", the figure of her father.
