In my reading of Mary Roach’s Stiff, I have found many different themes and arguments that are presented in her text. She uses different historical events in order to indentify when the study human body and dissections become essential in order to learn how to prevent and repair damage done to the body. So far in my reading I have deciphered that the central theme in the text is the importance in the use of deceased human bodies in the advancement of our everyday lives.