Friday Mourning By Kathy Reichs

“Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer is about a girl who is caught in a situation in which her father attempts to bribe her to do something immoral. One message suggested in this story is how misdirection and trickery can negatively affect relationships between a parent and their child.

The poem I chose to do a close reading essay on was, “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye. “Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) is an American poet who remains known today for a single poem-a sonnet of just twelve lines-but it may be the most popular poem in the English language. “Do not stand at my grave and weep” is a consoling Holocaust poem and elegy with an interesting genesis, since it was written by a Baltimore housewife who lacked a formal education and had quite never written poetry before, and certainly none of note” (The HyperTexts). The tone of this poem is comforting and helps people find comfort with the view of death. This poem uses a lot of imagery, metaphors, and symbolism. Frye’s, “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep,” is enlightening people how to handle a death of a loved one while using important parts of the theme such as tone, vocabulary, and overall meaning.

The poem “Mothers and Daughters” is written by Pat Mora. Pat Mora is a contemporary award winning writer, who writes for children, youngsters and adults. She was born in El Paso, TX in the year 1942. She attains a title of a Hispanic writer; however, the most of her poems are in English. In her literary work, one can observe the different aspects of the immigrants’ lives such as language issues, family relationships, immigrants’ experiences and cultural differences (1187).

The CCA police department began analyzing evidence that was collected in an abandoned building at the Lowry campus on 6th Ave and Alton way. The building was abandon and boarded up five years ago, but it showed signs of forced entry. During the Investigation of the scene, CCA police officers found a human skeleton. The skeletal remains were found dressed in what appeared to be a bloody t-shirt and jeans. No identification was found yet but one of the officers brought a theory to this case about a Caucasian woman name Sarah, who went missing five years ago last seen in Aurora and they assumed Sarah could be skeleton in the abandon building.

In “The Victims” by Sharon Olds it describes a divorce through the eyes of the parents’ children. The first section is shown through past tense as the speaker is a child and the last section is shown in present tense with the speaker already being an adult trying to make sense of past events. The word “it” in the first two lines carries a tremendous weight, hinting at the ever so present abuse and mistreatment, but remaining non-specific. The first part generates a negative tone toward the father who is referred to as malicious by the mother who “took it” from him “in silence” until she eventually “kicked him out.” Through the entirety of the poem the children are taught to hate their father. Who taught them? Their mother showed them that their father was a villain and were taught to have no sympathy for him but “to hate you and take it” and so they did so. Although the poem never directly states what the father did to receive the family’s hated, the speaker gives examples as to why he is hated.

Forensic anthropologist examine skeletal remains for elements of a skeleton that can give clues to the person it belongs to. The Kennewick man’s skeleton was found in surprisingly good condition meaning the damage to the skeleton was done in his life, not due to deterioration. The skeleton showed a projectile point lodged in his hip, five broken ribs that did not properly heal, two small dents in his skull, and a bum shoulder. These wounds show an insight to the lifestyle

Literature is defined as written works published on a particular subject. Literature can also be viewed as witness, because it can be a source of proof based on the events it was written on. Literature as witness allows readers to get a deeper understanding of the issues that have happened based off of what the books are about. Those who read literary texts such as historical novels, memoirs and novels are witness to historical events. These texts can be viewed as witness because the events mentioned are based off of true life events. Some may argue historical fiction is not real and therefore could not be viewed as a reliable source. Even though historical fiction is made up of fictional characters, the conflicts that are mentioned are based

In the Kathy Reich’s novel, Deja Dead, a Forensic Anthropologist, named Dr. Temperance Brennan, recently moved to the Canadian province of Quebec to escape her divorce. There, Dr. Brennan works for the “Laboratoire de Medecine Legale”, a coroner’s office in the city of Montreal. The novel begins when Dr. Brennan is called to investigate bones found by two Quebec water workers at an abandoned monastery. At the scene, Dr. Brennan discovers the meticulously mutilated and dismembered remains of a female stashed in a series of trash bags. As the novel progresses, Dr. Brennan begins to notice a pattern amongst the remains brought to her lab: all victims were female, most dismembered with similar methods of disposal and evidence of mutilation.

After finding some skeletal remains, the police have provided a list of three missing persons, Kim Lee, Theresa Woods and Jonathan Parker. While spending multiple days in the lab, plenty of information was collected to help with the identification of the bones, such as the sex of the victim, the age of the victim and the approximate height and race of the victim. This data was compiled to draw a conclusion and safely identify the remains.

The police received a call about a fowl stench around Lake Berryessa. They respond with a search of the area to find the nasty smell. They used dogs to detect the scent near an old tree. The police dug up area and encountered the two unknown bodies that have been decaying for a while. They swiftly sent the bones to an anthropologist to try to identify the people and their means of death. They first exampled the skulls, which revealed that one had a more pronounced brow region, a larger jaw, and a larger cranium, they conduced that one of the bodies were male and the other female; this was made evident by the size and spacing of the pelvic bone. The skulls were further exampled and it was revealed that they were both Caucasoid, due to their

something she does not want to do. Guerra writes, “The music sounds crazy, but it's not. I

Author Kathy Reichs is a New York Times bestselling mystery author, professor of anthropology at University of North Carolina- Charlotte, and is one of only 82 people Forensic Anthropologists board certified in North America. She is a busy woman, there is no doubt about it. Reichs graduated from American University with a Bachelors in anthropology in 1971. The next year, she got her Masters in physical anthropology and got her PhD in physical anthropology in 1975, both from Northwestern University. She also shows FBI agents how to detect and recover human remains, and is able to identify and separate commingled remains. She also served as an expert witness for the defense in Casey Anthony's murder trial, and in Rwanda for the United Nations

People need to stand up and show courage when they are being bullied. The theme of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry By Mildred Taylor is when Stacey shows courage in many different ways by helping T.J. by staying behind in the bushes when T.J. took the pearl handled pistol and R.W. and Melvin snitched on him. Another act of courage Stacey showed is when he had to hold Jack back, which is when the Wallace's tried to shoot Papa, and the gunfire startled Jack and Stacey couldn’t hold him back anymore, then Stacey ended up blaming himself. Stacey’s actions showed that he was the type of person that loved his family and always wanted to help others. Are you willing to stay behind risking your life for someone else?

Humans take many things for granted, in this story, Searching for Summer by Joan Aikens, the reader comes across two world the world of destruction and gloom and the world of happiness and joy. The difference between the settings of the cottage and England are portrayed through the vivid imagery that depicts the contrast in mood.

Temperance Brennan’s initial analysis of the remains at the scene, she made the conclusion that the victim was female and in her mid-twenties. Although the information is accurate, her statement was premature. When identifying the age and sex portion of the biological profile, Forensic Anthropologists often look at multiple indicators before making a decision. This is due to the range in features the bones can display. For example, a 90° angle of the mandible is a trait congruent in males, however it is not exclusive. Different parts of the skeleton also display a range of indicators in regard to the age of the individual. Age is measured by the amount of growth or degeneration the remains have experienced. Usually, degeneration correlates with older age, however the nutrition and habits of the individual can speed up the process. For example, a young but fully developed female runner may not show much signs of degeneration in her upper extremities as she does on her lower extremities, specifically her knee joints. If anthropologists were to look only at the individual’s knees, they would most likely estimate a much older age. In order for Dr. Brennan to accurate, the skeleton should have been further evaluated to conclusively state the sex and age of the biological