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What is sarging? What does it mean to sarge in the pickup artist community? Sarging is the actual act of picking up women. The term sarging is one of many words specific to the PUA community that Neil Strauss learned. For PUAs, sarging is one of the main components of being a pickup artist. Read about Neil Strauss learning about the sarging technique.
Who is Sheriff Jackson in Where the Crawdads Sing? What’s his role in the story, and Kya’s trial? Sheriff Jackson in Where the Crawdads Sing leads the way in Kya’s arrest. Sheriff Jackson immediately suspects her, and then pursues her relentlessly as a suspect. He also testifies against her at her trial.
Who was Mrs. Bierens de Haan? How did Corrie ten Boom meet her? Was there a personal connection between Corrie and Mrs. Bierens de Haan? Mrs. Bierens de Haan was a wealthy woman from the Bloemendaal neighborhood of Haarlem. She knew Tante Jans, Corrie’s aunt. Read about Mrs. Bierens de Haan and how she helped Corrie create a home for survivors of concentration camps.
Who was Mr. Smit? How did he help Corrie ten Boom improve her operations for the Dutch Resistance? Mr. Smit was a famous European architect. He went by a pseudonym when he worked with the Dutch Resistance to create a secret room at the Beje. Read more about Mr. Smit and how he helped Corrie ten Boom.
Who was Papa the PUA? Who was he within the pickup artist community, and how did he know Neil Strauss? As a PUA, Papa initially took Mystery’s workshops. Eventually, Papa developed his own PUA strategies and began to take over Mystery’s followers. Here’s how Papa’s PUA strategy worked.
Who are the PUA gurus that influenced author Neil Strauss as he wrote The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists? The PUA gurus in The Game each had a different strategy. In his research, Neil Strauss learned about each of these PUA gurus and adopted his own strategy. Learn more about the PUA gurus below.
What is a biased jury? How can a biased jury affect a trial, and are there examples of this in books? In Where the Crawdads Sing, Kya is an outsider. The townspeople are afraid of her and her isolated life in the marsh. So when Kya is accused of the murder of a beloved boy in town, she and her lawyers fear that a biased jury will put her freedom at risk. See how a biased jury can alter a case–even in fiction.
What was the role of the ten Boom watch shop in Haarlem? How did the community feel about the ten Boom watch shop? Learn more about the ten Boom watch shop, Haarlem businesses, and the impact of Nazi occupation.
What is the NSA? What does the NSA do? Are they spying on you? Who works for the NSA? The NSA is the National Security Agency. It is an intelligence agency that uses mass surveillance as well as other intelligence gathering techniques. What does the NSA do? Find out more here.
What was Execution Island? Where was it, and what does it have to do with Unbroken? Execution Island, officially called Kwajalein, is an island that was under Japanese control during World War II. Execution Island became notorious for being a place where captured forces were taken and killed, despite wartime laws. In Unbroken, Louis Zamperini spends 42 days on Execution Island.