West Wilson Myths

In 2016, a school in Malaysia was shut down temporarily due to a case of mass hysteria. Several teachers and students claimed that they had been seeing a black figure and even feeling a presence of spirits. An example of this includes, “A student meanwhile told newspaper Sinar Harian (in Malay) that he felt numbness in his hands while his mind "was all over the place" (Wong & Asher). The student claims that he actually felt his hands going numb and something going on with his head. This all started with just a couple thinking that they saw a mysterious figure and resulted in more than 100 people of the school thinking that they saw it and felt a presence. The fear of their possibly being some kind of spirit wandering around the school spread throughout the whole school and even caused it to shut down for a short amount of time. Given that none of them have an actual reasoning as to why this was happening someone made up that sometimes the students could have accidently hit a ghost while they were disobediently throwing stuff outside. They even did exorcism and prayer sessions with doctors to ensure that the spirit was gone so that the children could go back to school. Robert Bartholomew, a sociologist who researched the outbreak in Malaysia discovered that it was mass hysteria that caused this event.

Introduction: Patrons of the season of Halloween spend over $2.5 billion dollars every year on candy, costumes, and decorations. Every year millions of kids get dressed up, knock on doors, and beg for candy. Have you ever wondered where this strange tradition originated? The three most important points of Halloween can be summed up by looking at its origins, how it came to include jack-o-lanterns and bobbing for apples, and how it is celebrated today with trick-or-treating and haunted houses.

James Wilson was born on September 14, 1742. He was born in Carskerdo, Scotland. He was the son of the respected farmer William Robert Covill Wilson (1692-1758) and Alison Landoll Wilson (1712-1792). James Wilson was the oldest of seven children. James’ dad wanted him to go to a Baptist school, but James ended up going to a Catholic school. James Wilson attended the Universities of St.Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Though he went to all these different schools, he failed to earn a degree. James decided that he would study law. After many years of hard work and determination, James Wilson earned an honorary master’s degree. As a kid, James worked on his father’s farm. As an adult, he taught at a college for a couple of years, then started studying law. He then eventually passed the bar in Philadelphia 1767. November 1771, James Wilson married Rachel Bird. The married couple later on had 6 children together who all helped around the farm.

On Saturday, June 26, 2000, horrifying events happened to a group of teenagers in a large mansion. This mansion is said to be the most haunted building in all of Oklahoma. Emma, Noah, Olivia, and Daniel had a rough night. It caused a lot of dreadful memories that will be penetrated in their minds forever. These kids just might find themselves in a situation.

The next day the boys see a young girl crying and realize after talking to her that it is Miss Foley. They go to her house but when they come back their path is blocked by a parade. The carnival is out searching the streets for them. They hide and the little girl is gone. Will's father sees them hiding in an iron grille in the sidewalk and the boys convince him to keep quiet because the Illustrated Man comes to talk to him. Will's father pretends not to know the two boys whose faces are tattooed on the man's hand, and then when the Witch comes and begins to sense the boys' presence he blows cigar smoke at her, choking her and forcing her to leave. Mr. Dark asks Charles Halloway for his name, and Will's father tells him

One of the greatest crimes to happen in Canada, a small town in the prairie province of Saskatchewan. A true story of a Scottish man trying to make his way in the early years of Canada in 1918. The non-fiction, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson by Lois Simme. The book about how a Scottish farmer that steals from his family and friends to be able to have enough money to sail to Canada, leaving his pregnant wife and 3 kids at home. John Wilson was his name, he went to Canada for a cheaper, better, and more thriving farming community in Canada. John Wilson came to the small city Saskatoon, Saskatchewan finding out that he could have enlisted into World War I. He failed to pass the physical exam to enlist because of his weak lungs.

Throughout history, lineage has been an important factor of human life. Human beings have relied on lineage to illustrate who is more superior to others. The ancestors of a person can define his or her place in society. People can draw wrong conclusions from misconceptions about a person without knowing his or her character. In the novel, Pudd’nhead Wilson, Mark Twain shows how lineage molded the character’s thoughts and reputations.

In literature, slavery and the African American race are often analyzed and interpreted by numerous authors. Mark Twain reveals numerous hitches and aspects of society’s view towards different races throughout many of his novels. In Pudd’nhead Wilson Twain describes the status of African Americans in society, as well as how they are portrayed or believed to act in the eyes of other townsfolk. The portrayal of Roxy and the status of Tom and Chambers both help Twain show the wrongs of the

The ideas of the Wilsonian beliefs are universal. These ideas transcend socio-economic class, racial identity, cultural norms, and a person’s citizenship status. Wilsonians’ morals are heavily aligned with a high level of intrinsic selflessness. This is illustrated in their main thesis of thought. According to Walter Russell Mead, a well-respected American Strategy scholar, Wilsonians’ believe that “all nations and all peoples are assumed to be, or at least capable of becoming, equal” (Mead 169). The idea of humans having the collective ability to act equally is important because it refers, not only to people inside the United States’ government, but to those on an international level. International law would ideally be implemented to “protect the poor and weak countries as well as the rich and the strong” (Mead 169). The idea that both rich and poor countries, reiterates the premise of complete equality. Wilsonians’ see human nature as a collection of diverse peoples who have the ability to interact in a peaceful manner, given the opportunity. This opportunity is specifically provided through the spread of democracy.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s William Wilson. A Tale, he ornately represents each of the characteristics of gothic movement. First characteristic of gothic movement Poe presents in the William Wilson. A Tale is the description of landscape outside vs. inside. In the text, Wilson describes the outdoor setting distinctly, “My earliest recollections of a school-life are connected with a large, rambling, cottage-built, and somewhat decayed building in a misty-looking village of England, where were a vast number of gigantic and gnarled trees, and where all the houses were excessively ancient and inordinately tall” (Poe 643). Whereas, Wilson describes the indoor setting as a mysterious place. For instance, he mentions the house interior with steps in which certain steps are rising or dropping. Also, his school-room described as “it was very long, narrow, and dismally low, with pointed Gothic windows and a ceiling of oak” (Poe 644). According to Wilson’s narrative, the outdoor setting was dark and misty. However, he describes it as a “dream-like and spirit-soothing place” (Poe 643). The dark atmosphere of outdoor and the mysterious characteristic of inside demonstrates the characteristic of the gothic movement. The second characteristic of the gothic movement is sinister, grotesque, or claustrophobic atmosphere. The story had dark atmosphere build up from the beginning by the narrator and as it reached the end, Wilson and his double created more intense and grotesque atmospheres. For

“I heard shouting, and came quickly to help” said the Wilson’s EAR kindly to the pair.

In Washington Death City it is not a happy place. Everyone living in the Quadrants has a job corresponding to their Quadrant. There is 10 Quadrants. In Quadrant 2 the is a living named Ramen. He is a 26 year old male and is a scientist. He is trying to invent things to make his fellow livings lives better. He does not have a very personal life. When he goes home he talks to his grandpa and his nephew. “Hi everyone” Ramen announces as he walks through the door. “Guess what I made at work” Both Joe, his grandpa and John, his nephew respond limply “what”

Then there's the White House in the United States. Considered to be perhaps the most haunted house in America, there has been several reported phenomenons, many of them believed to be sightings of past presidents of the United States. Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, believed strongly in the occult and often held seances in order to communicate with her sons. She had told friends she had heard former president Andrew Jackson stomping and swearing through the halls of the presidential residence. Jackson's bedchamber, also know as the Rose Room, is said to be one of the most haunted rooms in the White House. But he isn't the only president said to be wandering the halls of the

Thursday, September 6th, a little girl ”M“ comes to daycare in the morning a little bit late, at 10:15am. When she arrived her classmates were about to have a snack and she was very excited to see everybody. “M” gave her teacher a hug with her two arms. Then she turns to her mom and says: “Bye, Mommy!” and ran to the classroom. “M” was trying to grab the chair with her left hand to sit down and have a snack with her friends. 3 boys and 2 girls were sitting at the same round table. After trying twice to get a chair, she decided to use both hands to pull the chair out. “M” walked around the chair, bent down her knees and pulled the chair under her as she sat. She slowly sat down in the

“I guess I will have to tell you all the rest of the story on Monday. Have a good Halloween kids. Don’t forget about the dance tonight.” After most of the students left, only two remained They walked up to Mr. Morris’s desk, eager to know more about the ghost story.