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    James ripped open the bags. Hundreds of passengers passed through each day, baggage in hand aggressively arguing their innocence. He dealt with them strictly. His angled nose, stiff facial features and intimidating nature fit perfectly with the intense atmosphere of the customs and quarantine unit. James squinted at a woman and her son on the opposite side of the conveyer belt, not understanding what was taking so long for them to open their last carrier. A small shadow tugged on his mother’s pants

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    Treatment of the Supernatural and of the Superstition Mode in Manoj Das’s Select Short Stories Dr. D. Gnanasekaran Former Professor & Head, Dept. Of English, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for PG Studies & Research, Puducherry. dgsekar52@gmail.com [Abstract: This article deals with three short stories (selected from three anthologies) of Manoj Das, an internationally renowned writer, highlighting his subtle treatment of the supernatural element, and some of the superstitions steeped into the Indian psyche. The

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    discussing, superstition ( SparkNotes Editors). Superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation (“Merriam-Webster”). Superstition was a very popular theme in Huckleberry Finn that you saw throughout the story. Huck was somewhat superstitious, but Jim speaks a wide range of superstition and folk tales. In the story it makes Jim seem as if he is unintelligent, when really his superstitions and

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    “The Lottery” was written by Shirley Jackson, and first published June 26, 1948 by the New Yorker. Shirley Jackson wrote many stories, including this one, and it holds a major place in literature. Jackson did a terrific job in showing that everything isn’t perfect. She made me come to the fact that, sometimes the things that we should do in life aren’t always the best things. On the other hand, a couple factors in “The Lottery” spawned from Jackson’s life. She mixed life, with life within in a story

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    Examine the ways Faulks presents superstition among characters in the trenches in Birdsong (1993). Superstition as an ‘excessively credulous belief in and reverence for the supernatural’ is often associated with perilous endeavours, and a psychological need to latch on to a mechanism to allow hope for the preservation of the fragile human condition. This systematic and illogical belief in the supernatural is extensively prevalent throughout Faulks’ novel, during the linear storyline of Stephen and

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    Operant Conditioning Within the early 19th Century, Edward Throne like conducted experiments on dogs and cats to determine the way these animals behave under certain conditions. These studies were conducted through replicating and standardizing the circumstances that the animals were in through a controlled environment. As such, this model demonstrated that animals had the nature to learn when they were presented with certain consequences. In 1938, Burrhus Friederich (B. F.) developed the core idea

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    This type of conviction is one where the belief is based on a superstition. It is somewhat plain to see that these superstitions are unfounded and have no truth, scientific or otherwise, of validity. I feel confident that there have been times in my life where I have subscribed to at least some of these superstitions. However, as I matured those superstitions merely became silly games instead of true endorsements. The Bible clearly instructs God’s followers

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    succumb to the learned helplessness effect are those who place failure outside the realms of their own self. I.e., they present an external locus of control. This has been validated by Dudley (1999), who found that participants with a higher level of superstition demonstrated less of

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    Down” it talks a lot about cultural superstition. In this novels it shows how cultural have different ideas of good, and bad lucky and other things. In the novel voodoo science they show superstitions and as well in “The spirit catches you and you fall down”. Cultural superstition could take place in any cultural in different ways, it been thought from generation to generations. In the novel “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” it shows a lot of the superstition that they believe in the Hmong cultural

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    gods to be spared from the wrath of those gods. Also there are those who believe in scientific evidence alone without a creator or savior. Two authors who write about religion are Langston Hughes short story “Salvation, and Margaret Mead, “New Superstitions for Old”. It is important to acknowledge and recognize the relationship between salvation and a belief in God. Salvation comes from first having a belief in God and then accepting him as your Lord and Savior. Most Christians believe that salvation

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