On 4/10/02 3:14:00 PM, Michelle Mc Clintick wrote:
>I do not believe Thompkins got what she
>had intended on getting from her
>research paper, but I think she came out
>with a much bigger picture of truth.
>She discovered truth sometimes does not
>exist, and perception does. Thompkins
>probably intended on just writing a
>research paper, when really she learned
>a much more important experience. She
>was able to learn what truth really is.
>Maybe Thompkins did not realize at first
>how much she had learned through her
>research paper on Indians because she
>really did not have any information that
>she knew as truth. However, Thompkins
>wrote a perfect research paper because
>it showed many different views.
I agree with you, I think Tompkins got into way more than she bar gained for. She began searching for information on Colonial American society, and ended up on search for what truth really is. I also like the different perspectives she showed with so many "experts"