Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Lit Circle Work Week 1, "Dead Men Do Tell Tales"


Sketch Master

     

 Author Williams Maples has seen death countless times in many manifestations but always sees it through a scientific lens. He teaches physical anthropology to graduate students at the University of Florida, though he is often asked to investigate wrongful death cases. With a scientist's perspective, then, Maples believes that the truths about such deaths wish to be discovered and can be through the science of forensic anthropology. The human skeleton, unnamed and unfleshed, fills Maples with wonder and provides him a mystery to unravel with the tools of science alone. He also wants to see life as it really is, no matter how bad. When Maples sees his first autopsy photos of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow he is enthralled. However, Maples recognizes what he does also serves a public, not just personal purpose.

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