Mesmeric Revelation

Mesmeric revelation
The story starts with a narrator (which is Poe) speaking about mesmerism (hypnotizing), he talks about a patient (Mr.Vankirk) which is sick and near to death, he has been hypnotized several times and as he’s near to death, Vankirk wants to be hypnotized because Poe thinks that he has insight into mysterious things like God, souls, etc. As Vankirk is been mesmerized, a conversation between Poe (that appears as “P”) and Vankirk (that appears as “V”). Poe starts asking about the existence of God, this leads to many different doubts of Poe and the conversation continues. At the end of the conversation Vankirk dies, Poe thinks he died with a smile on his face and he doubts if his lasts words were been addressing to him from out the region of the shadows. ups held sway until the 1940's, when the Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong majority. Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid as a means to cement their control over the economic and social system. Initially, aim of the apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation. Starting in the 60's, a plan of ``Grand Apartheid'' was executed, emphasizing territorial separation and police repression.

With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized. Race laws touched every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-whites and whites, and the sanctioning of ``white-only'' jobs. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified into one of three categories: white, black (African), or colored (of mixed decent). The coloured category included major subgroups of Indians and Asians. Classification into these categories was based on appearance, social acceptance, and descent. For example, a white person was defined as ``in appearance obviously a white person or generally accepted as a white person.'' A person could not be considered white if one of his or her parents were non-white. The determination that a person was ``obviously white'' would take into account ``his habits, education, and speech and deportment and demeanor.'' A black person would be of or accepted as a member of an African tribe or race, and a colored person is one that is not black or white. The Department of Home Affairs (a government bureau) was responsible for the classification of the citizenry. Non-compliance with the race laws were dealt with harshly. All blacks were required to carry ``pass books'' containing fingerprints, photo and information on access to non-black areas.

HOMELANDS PICTURE In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic government in African reserves, known as ``homelands.'' These homelands were independent states to which each African was assigned by the government according to the record of origin (which was frequen