Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Jessica Stern's Methodology

Jessica Stern is a researcher in terrorism. Stern was always curious about the causes of evil and violence. When she was fifteen years old her and her sister were raped. They both went on to lead normal lives after the trauma. However, the trauma affected her schoolwork and reflected upon her choice in career.
Later in her life she revisited her rape case. Her community seemed to be in denial about what happened. It seemed impossible for two young girls to be raped at gunpoint in a small Massachusetts town. She realized that since she put her rape aside, she was searching for answers as to why a man would do such a thing. Similarly why a terrorist would commit such a terrible act.
I think the methodology that Stern is using is an autobiography. She tells the reader about her life and events in it. She tells the reader about events that occurred early in her life before the rape and how it affected the rest of her life.
Evan's limitations related to Jessica Stern's story because it let the reader empathize with her story. I felt a lot of emotion when reading her story. It was something very personal and I felt bad that she had to go through a lot in her life.

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