... 114) Jordan is a dreamer. He says "I want to be brave and admired and have a beautiful wife and a fine house," (114) such dreams of white picket fences have been reserved for the female gender in today's society. Jordan is a gardener, a calm person, and generally a smart person. Winterson gives Jordan mysterious characteristics. He ... own accord," she says, "or not at all. But the cherry grew, and we have sexed it and it is female."(85) Throughout Winterson's novel she has altered general ideas about gender. In the above example she shows Jordan and Dog Woman talking about a fruit he ha...

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• Grade Level: High School