Every year a three day festival called Twins Days is held in
the small city of Twinsburg, Ohio. Off course this festival is too meant for
twins, to celebrate the twin-ness. Scientists try to participate in the
festival; they see the twin festival as an opportunity to do some research in
the twins shared genetics. Twins Day has unlocked many valuable information for
surgeons, dentists, criminal investigators, geneticists and several different
types of doctors. The first researcher and doctor were only allowed in the
festival in 1978. He collected hand and foot prints and the the twins names.
Ever since that dozens of studies have originated in Twinsburg. This year’s
theme was “Twinstock—Groovy in Twinsburg!” It was
opened to all twins of all ages; most twins dressed alike. Although most twins
come to the festival to party they spend most of their time in research tents,
for the sake of science. The twins are aware and okay with the research. A researcher
from Philadelphia said “What makes [Twins Days] a fantastic opportunity is that
you can get effectively a year’s worth of data in three days if you really work
hard.”
The author of this article, Amy
Nordrum, wrote a very good explanation of the event. She uses informal language
to help the reader understand and connect to the article. She does not try to elaborate
on anything and that worked on her favor. For it was a very easy and flowing reading,
the reader could understand perfectly was she was trying to say. She shows both
the researchers and the twins’ perspective of the festival. She uses various
quotes from different doctors or researchers and twins. Although by the end
Nordrum only focuses on one experiment that scientists test on the twins during
the festival, it fit perfectly into the article. Also the author did talk about
more experiments; however, she only focused on one which is enough for the
reader to understand what goes on during the experiments and the festival.
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