I think that Susan Orlean wrote this article for many reasons. Being someone who had never really had any formal education on taxidermy, I think she just enjoyed the learning experience and just let her curiosity take the lead. Another thing that she does is take both sides of taxidermy. My take on the subject is that it is nasty and uncomfortable. Now I know that I'm not the only one who thinks that way, but Orlean takes that into consideration and also talks about the subject to appeal to the negative and positive audience members.
As stated previously, I think Susan Orlean wanted her readers to learn something. In other words, I think she wanted her audience to be accepting to a new feeling towards the topic. Many people get negative thoughts right away just by hearing the word 'taxidermy'. One thing that makes me believe that this is her goal: she never favors one opinion over the other.
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