On 4/12/02 9:18:00 AM, Starr Miller wrote:
>In the conclusion of her
>essay, Tompkins comes to the
>realization that though there
>are several different accounts
>of the subject of her research
>she it is no reason to simply
>disregard them all. She
>instead decides that the only
>thing left to do is to take
>the truths as the "experts"
>believed them and piece
>together her own account. I
>am a little confused by the
>ending of Tompkins essay. I
>think she had no idea the life
>that her research would take,
>but she raises interesting
>questions.
I agree, it is amazing how Tompkins peaces together all of the information she collected from the experts. I think it would be hard to make all the information flow together.