Well, This conclusion is frustrating to me because Tompkins does "wriggle" her way out of giving a direct answer. I agree with her in a sense that truth is merely based on the perspective of the individual (i.e..-what is truth to me may be false to you). Now, as far as her wriggling out, I think she doesn't have an answer to give her readers so she leaves it up to us to find our own truth in her essay. Not sure if this clear to others but it makes perfect sense to me, I guess its kind of like Tompkins' essay! -->RCSJ