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I'm a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Anthropology. I like the flexibility my degree gives me, as I believe a successful Anthropologist should be able to multitask as a linguist, historian, artist, biographer, ethnographer, botanist, biologist, mathematician, psychologist, and adventurer. I am a native speaker of English and take on writing and editing work in English. I can speak, read, and write French at an intermediate level and this year I plan to start studying Korean! I am a part of the bleeding disorders community and do advocacy work for the Central Ohio chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation.
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in Things Fall Apart
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Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
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Answered a Question in European History
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Answered a Question in The Crucible
The Crucible opens in the upper bedroom of a home in Salem, Massachusetts. We find Reverend Parris knelt in fervent prayer at his daughter's bedside. Betty, who is ten years old, has come down... -
Answered a Question in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry returns to Hogwarts-- though with some difficulty-- feeling relieved to be back in a place where he is treated like a person. He also... -
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In Chapter 14, Crispin comes to a crossroads on a foggy morning. There he sees a corpse hanging from a gallows with a sign posted near him. Even though Crispin cannot read, he finds great meaning... -
Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
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In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Mr. Sherlock Holmes comes to suspect Dr. Grimesby Roylott of attempting to kill his stepdaughter. The first description of Dr.... -
Answered a Question in Memoirs of a Geisha
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Answered a Question in The Story of My Life
Helen Keller was born in the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, on the 27th of June, 1880. Helen was born with the capability to see and hear, but at nineteen months old, she contracted a terrible illness... -
Answered a Question in The Fault in Our Stars
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Answered a Question in History
Let me first address the "why" part of your question, as the "how" will be a little more complex. Most human migration, especially prior to the Modern period, was driven by a need or desire for... -
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Though it drives much of the plot of Crispin: The Cross of Lead, the boy never actually stole from the manor house. After the death of Asta, Crispin's mother, the corrupt steward of the... -
Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
As Steward of the Manor, John Aycliffe was responsible for making sure that everything on the Estate ran smoothly. Part of this responsibility was overseeing the collecting of taxes from the... -
Answered a Question in History
Charlemagne, also called Charles the Great, was a Frankish King who is widely regarded as the father of modern Europe. In addition to being a king, he united much of the territory of (present-day)... -
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If by "solution" you also mean the resolution of the plot, we should first address the conflict that drives Wintergirls. Lia Overbrook has recently lost her best friend Cassie to... -
Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
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Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
In Avi's work of fiction, Crispin and the Cross of Lead, we meet a young boy who must flee his village after the death of his mother. He has been mistaken for a criminal and declared a... -
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Answered a Question in Peter Pan
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Answered a Question in Holes
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Answered a Question in In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in World War II
Adolf Hitler is a historical figure hard to imagine outside of his role as genocidal dictator, but surely he had other dominant personality traits he expressed privately. It is a little difficult... -
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
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Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Although William Shakespeare's famous play, Romeo and Juliet, is set several centuries ago, I think many of its themes are still quite relevant to the lives and interests of young people... -
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There is no available material which suggests that author Gary Paulsen currently does or does not have pets, but we do know he used to have many dogs. Paulsen wrote a book about the experiences and... -
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During and after the Industrial Revolution, many skilled laborers found their work was no longer marketable due to the invention of machines which could perform the same tasks. For weavers,... -
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Have you ever heard the phrase, "Monkey see, monkey do?" Although humans aren't monkeys, this phrase applies very well to our process of learning culture. Culture is kind of hard to define, but... -
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Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Crispin's real name is, in fact, Crispin, but he has gone most of his life not knowing this. In the town where he grew up, everybody refers to him in relation to his mother and calls him "Asta's... -
Answered a Question in Elie Wiesel
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Answered a Question in History
For centuries (if not millennia), Europeans regularly relied on slave labor. Before the formation of Modern Europe, a significant portion of Ancient Greco-Roman society was comprised of people... -
Answered a Question in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Diary of Anne Frank and John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas are both powerful glimpses into life under the Nazi regime. Both works explore life during wartime, lived...
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