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    man that is covered in dirt, wearing torn clothing. When he asks Annie Poole to hide him, even though she hesitates, she hides him within her “snowy sheets” or white sheets. The reason this is a sense of symbolism is because color white is a representation of cleanliness and protection, all of which Annie Poole provides for Jim Hammer through the use of those white sheets. Moving on the characters names: Jim Hammer, Annie Poole, Obadiah and Bill Lowndes. As we discussed in class, each name…

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    Satan In America by W. Scott Poole examines the role the devil has played in American society since the country’s founding. Throughout history, people in the United States have seen the devil in many different shapes and forms. At times he has been a tangible human being, while other times he is an invisible force attempting to corrupt the world through changes in society and American culture. Satan In America explores the various ways in which society’s fear of the devil has been used to…

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    Monster Myths In Slavery

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    monsters, as shown in the Witchcraft trials held between 1692 - 1693, where they unjustly accused and executed “witches” or suspicious woman based on visions, revelations or alleged apparitions. Showing “a brief flirtation with an irrational past” (Poole, 38) that eventually was passed down from colonial America until the era of Slavery, in where we see “puritan methods” of radiating fear towards African American slaves, which also, faced false accusations of a kind of “witchcraft” called…

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    conflicts. Allison and Penelope have a legacy of past conflicts, both women as Craig said, “have a bad history” of interacting with one another in the past, but they both had the expectation that they will encounter one another in the future (Conrad & Poole, 1998 and Maruca, 1998). In the past, Allison went to Craig about how Penelope alluded to a client that it was Allison’s fault that a campaign went over budget, when the three of them talked it out they all agreed that it was a…

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    and discrimination against Muslims (Poole and Richardson eds. 2006 p, 95). Pre-existing stereotypes made later vilification easier and faster to associate Muslims and terrorism (Bilci 2011). After the incident of 9/11, there was a 1600% increase in hate crimes against Muslims (Serrano 2002). However, this is not limited to the US only but the moral panic regarding Muslim expanded globally. Muslims have now become global aggressors. Elizabeth Poole (Poole and Richardson eds. 2006 p, 89)…

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    Many know the power of the Greeks and Romans on our modern culture, but few reminisce the significance of an equally great people: the Moors. In the book, The Moors of Spain, Stanley Lane-Poole reminds the world just how significant the Moorish culture was to the formation of the modern world. Lane-Poole retells how the Moorish Empire took hold of Spain when the Muslim leader, General Tariq Ibn-Ziad and his 7000 men and voyaged to the Iberian Peninsula. The army was “led by a hero”(hhhh) and…

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    People with PTSD suffer from intrusive symptoms when they keep thinking about the trauma again and again, sometimes unintentionally (Frey and Hodgkins; Poole 29; “Post-traumatic stress disorder”). His leave from the front lines prove to Paul that he cannot ignore the reality of the war happening. While many of the townspeople go about their day without thinking about war, Paul suffers constant reminders…

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    compare and review while completing his assignment there would be less chance of errors, thereby increasing his confidence. “Modeling desired outcomes involves demonstrating and/or providing a structure for the complete assignment” (Evertson, Ph.D., Poole, & the Iris Center, 2003). Furthermore, as he is attending tutoring for reading, assigning appropriate tasks would benefit him so that the task is challenging, yet appropriate for his reading level, which as he improves can be adjusted again.…

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    demonstrates the personal experience of monsters in his piece “Extraordinary Beings.” While Scott Poole takes on the more educational stance in his piece “Monstrous Beginnings.” These two pieces are examples of presenting critical thinking through an emotional appeal to monster theory while providing logic to overall educate the reader on monster culture. The two authors are reliable authors, Scott Poole has received a PhD from the University of Mississippi, and a M.T.S. from Harvard University.…

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    little to no prior knowledge of the characters or surroundings. Part three of the novel is very co-dependent of the original literature, Jane Eyre. In the beginning of part three of Wide Sargasso Sea, there is an italicized portion in which Grace Poole is speaking to Mrs. Eff. Their talk consists of how Grace Poole’s salary will be doubled if there is no more gossip and of Mr. Rochester’s greying hair and miserable…

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