The Demon Trapper's Daughter

Chapter one of The Demon in the Freezer is mainly an introduction, with a strong focus on the anthrax attack shortly after the attacks on 9/11. The chapter follows the death of Robert Stevens, who died from Inhalation Anthrax on October 5th, 2001. This chapter also follows along with the ensuing investigation into how Mr. Stevens became exposed to anthrax, including descriptions of evidence and of the post-mortem autopsy. It was found that Robert Stevens developed Inhalation Anthrax from a letter mailed to the Sun, his place of work. Shortly after this an aide of Senator Tom Daschle, who was Senate Majority Leader then, opened a letter containing an unknown dust. Dust fell out of the letter and landed on the floor. Letters with similar

“The Devil came to me and bid me to serve him”, A woman named confessed to serving the Devil.

In the book, The Demon in the Freezer, there were numerous characters that participated in the given research for smallpox. Throughout the plot, I found Lisa Hensley to be the best character in connection with public health. Lisa Hensley was young, intelligent, and determined in her career. During her educational years, Lisa successfully gained two master’s degrees in public health and a Ph.D. in epidemiology and microbiology (Preston, 2002). Lisa comes from an educational background and everything she aimed to achieve within public health, epidemiology, and microbiology constantly amazed her. Upon completing graduate school and accepting the position with USAMRIID; her official title was a civilian scientist with phenomenal knowledge in areas that USAMRIID could benefit from (Preston, 2008). Lisa had a passion for being in the lab at all hours and working on her given scientific research. It is what made her feel good and allows her to feel accomplished after all the years of hard work put into her public health background. One of Lisa’s first assignments at USAMRIID was conducting “research on SHF, a level 3 virus that is harmless to humans but is devastating to monkeys” (Preston, 2008, p. 113). Scientists and researchers tend to experiment on animals similar to humans; such as, monkeys and mice. This typically helps scientists evaluate what procedures, screenings, and treatment would be available if there was to be an outbreak at any given time.

analyzing a text. I say this because I had done multiple reviews and edits before I believe my

President John F. Kennedy was so famous that it was and is important to access articles in newspapers which are reputable and appealing to students. Also most students would not automatically read the N. Y. Times and this would be a great way to have them access the newspaper and later read other articles on other important

The article, “The Devil in Disguise” by Emma Louise Backe, appeals to the interests of gothic horror fanatics, English scholars, and social savants. Within this article, Backe explains the metaphorical significance of monsters throughout literary history–and how their rebirth exposes the evolution of the public’s unease. Backe goes into detail regarding the origins of well-known monsters such as: Frankenstein, zombies, vampires, and kaiju (Japanese monsters). Examples given by Backe describe zombies as being a representation of the working class being crushed by the greed of capitalism; in addition, vampires delineate the progression of technology and the unknown of colonialism during the 1800’s. Backe then moves to denote the shift of meaning

Everyone has an individual and unique background and culture. For some individuals, they have pride in where they come from, their gender, and in the language that they use to communicate with. Tannen, Kingston, and Ehrlich convey these topics within their works. My own opinions do not exactly fit in with these authors. Tannon believes that women are looked down upon by men, especially when it comes to 'status'.

Revising a paper literally means to “renew again”, to look for something fresh in critical perspective. Revision is an ongoing process of rethinking the paper: reconsidering the arguments, reviewing the evidence, refining the purpose, reorganizing the presentation, reviving the paper’s perspective. At first, I thought revision was just fixing commas, grammar and spelling, but no, fixing minor errors like grammar, spelling and punctuation are called, proofreading. Proofreading is an important step before turning in a paper, but if the ideas are predictable, the thesis is weak, and the organization of the paper is a mess, then proofreading will just act like a band aid to cover the little scars on the paper. Writing is a process of discovery, and writers don’t always produce the best stuff from the first draft they made. So revision is a chance to look at the paper once again and to analyze critically what a writer has written.

Through things such as incident reporting, generic occurrence screening, consumer and staff complaints and satisfaction surveys, and formal and informal discussion between managers and staff can evaluate and identify final changes to best benefit staff, management, and the organization as a whole.

Another aspect that led me to being a writing consultant, and being interested in editing, was a previous experience as a copy editor at The Daily Northwestern. It was a formative experience that led me to being a better journalist, and to seek out this opportunity at the Writing Place. Doing that job made me pay more attention to spelling, dates and even capitalization. But most importantly, it taught me that the writer puts together most of the puzzle, and the editor is the one who puts the last pieces in and makes the puzzle look polished. One role is nothing without the other. Without a writer, the editor has no article to improve. Without an editor, the writer wouldn’t be able to refine their story. Even if writing is personal, it can take a village to raise a good story and make it the best it can be. At The Daily, writers always had their desk editors with whom they could bounce ideas off, and in turn the copy editors had to discuss with writers how they could fine-tune their stories, whether that was citing stories properly, or remembering to write “The Daily” instead of “the Daily.” Much like how

Scholarly peer review, also known as refereeing, is the process of subjecting an author’s scholarly manuscript to the scrutiny of others who are experts and working in the same field (Ware 2013).

In the story of the “The Demon Lover” Mrs. Dover’s character starts off as a normal prosaic woman struggling in the times and hardships of the second world war. Much like many of the English people, she had been shaken by the detriment that had been caused by this war. However, soon she discovers a letter embedded with the reminder of the sinful promise she had broken years ago. Upon reading the letter speaking of her promise, she is infected with a paralyzing fear that eventually devolves her into a paranoid, hallucinating woman. Her paranoia creates the story of “The Demon Lover” by cultivating the inner fear within herself. Her hallucinations create and control the surroundings and events that eventually take place. Thanks to her amassed fear of over twenty-five years, Mrs. Dover’s character almost completely controls the plot and the overall outcome of the story.

Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.

According to Harris, many writers mistake editing for revising and fix small mistakes which is actually the process of editing. He also emphasizes the fact that revising takes time and a writer will never have their work ready in one draft; it will take many drafts which will be revised for clarity and cohesion. The draft itself could evolve into something different than was originally planned and writers should know, that is

The purpose of substantive editing is to maximize the writer’s credibility and the reader’s efficiency. This stage intends to produce a revised manuscript that improves the readability and understandability of the readers, as well as maintaining the purpose of the text. Editors suggest appropriate changes according to what the writer wants to accomplish and the intended audience –which determines the content, organization and tone. Thus, the end result of substantive editing is a balance between the writer’s intentions with the reader’s expectations which in turn serves the text reliable, accurate and hopefully, useful.