Saturday, September 12, 2015

Every Day is Halloween

Chapter 1 summary:
Every Day is Halloween
         Throughout the first chapter of Dead Men Do Tell Tales the narrator, William R. Mapeles, he describes the 'nightmares' of his profession. For us crushed bones or severed heads are a strange however he writes about how these are everyday things in his line of job. In the University of Florida he teaches graduate students physical anthropology. His first experience with anthropology was accidentally by taking a course because it was available however, he credits Tom McKern for being his mentor. Over all this chapter helps understand William Maples his way into anthropology and experiences that shaped him.

No comments:

Post a Comment