Emma Cooke Approximately 150 words
INTD 105 Science Writing
“The Clan of the One-Breasted Women”
Terry Tempest Williams states that the United States of the 1950s was red, white and blue… If you were against nuclear testing, you were for the Communist regime” (Williams 5). This idea caused many issues for those living in the southern United States, particularly Utah, where Tempest grew up. She watch as nine women in her family fought and several lost their lives to breast cancer. Williams came to the realization that the nuclear testing was to blame for their deaths and the creation of the “clan of one-breasted women” and stated; “Tolerating blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives” (Williams 8). This statement seems to me the most important in her paper. As someone who was raised to question everything, I agree that family is the most important reason to stop tolerating and start asking. This shows that she has moved past her blind obedience in the name of her family and of the clan of women she has joined.
I like your response to the author’s questioning nature. You may want to include more of a reaction to the summary rather than just a summary itself.