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I listed English as my first choice as it is my native language. I am interested in the plots of the stories and how it plays a part in our lives. I want to do extended essay in English as language is extremely important in the future. It allows me to express my ideas clearly when I write or speak. I would like to research about the main ideas and themes in the stories and want to know what books I need to read for the extended essay.

Annotated Bibliography: Eugenides, Jeffrey. //Middlesex//. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2002. Print. This book is about a character, Cal Stephanides who is an hermaphrodite man of Greek descend with a condition known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, causing him to have certain feminine traits. This novel portrays the journey of a mutated strain of gene through the Stephanides family which resulted in the character's transformations. Although the character was raised as a girl, he ultimately decides to assume a male identity as Cal.

Winter, Kathleen. //Annabel//. London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. Print. Annabel is about a child that is neither fully male or female, but both at once. It explores their family love and bonds, unconditional love of a mother for her son Wayne, who journeys to become her daughter, Annabel. Unlike Cal Stephanides in "Middlesex", Wayne is raised up as a boy who then chooses to be a girl when he grows up.