Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Young had learned to read before he was two, and by the age of twenty had mastered a dozen foreign languages including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. An inheritance from an uncle left him free to pursue his scientific interests. At various times, Young studied the habits of spiders, the surface features of the moon, and diseases of the chest. Then, intrigued by the challenge of the Rosetta Stone, he put aside his other studies and concentrated on attempting to decipher the writing on it.In this excerpt, James Cross Giblin characterizes Thomas Young through
The excerpt characterizes Thomas Young by describing what he did: he learned languages, studied several scientific subjects, and set aside those studies to work on deciphering the Rosetta Stone. These actions reveal his abilities, interests, and determination. The passage does not show his conversations or reactions, and it does not characterize him through his own words.
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