Wizard of Oz, to open the chapter dealing with dismemberment, Flotsam and Jetsam. Here, Dr. Maples takes on a different tone. It is still sarcastic, but there seems to be resentment in his voice. I can imagine this would be like taking test in school and never finding out your grade. It is quite one thing to do murder. It is quite another to destroy the murder victims identity (61). As Mr. Maples points out, he puts himself in the mind of the murderer to piece together the clues to give the victim its rightful identity.The title of the next chapter, When Sickness Is Your Soul, shows the passionate side of Dr. Maples. The title expresses the feeling that Maples truly sees suicide as a sickness within oneself. I myself find it hard to imagine that life could be so bad that the only answer is to end your own life. He refers to it as the shadowy realm from which no traveler returns. He knows, hes seen, and has had to deal with the aftermath. I felt as if this was the hardest part of his job, and he knew it. Up to now, his tone was it is my job, to the point of almost losing faith in humankind. Suicide has the power to unsettle us all, to make even the dullest brain philosophize for a few minutes about the meaning of life (76).In the following chapter, Outpacing the Fiend, Dr. Maples tries to illustrate how the profession of Forensic Anthropology came of age. He uses many names with important titles and various associations to illustrate the professions background. This chapter is appropriately titled because Dr. Maples informs us that the profession is very young compared to the profession of homicide. From the beginning, our science has walked almost abreast of homicide, trying to outpace the frightful fiend who commits it. Sometimes we are scarcely half a step ahead; sometimes we are several steps behind. In all such cases our instructors are assassins (90). It is sad to think that a number a people have careers becaus...
