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Army Apparitions By Alan Moore Summary

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In the article, "Army Apparitions," Alan Moore informs his audience about ghost stories that are related to the military. He talks about how paranormal activity has occurred at Fort Leavenworth (Military School). Also, Moore mentions a retired Military Officer named John Reichley, who doesn’t believe in ghosts, but has collected some of the ghost stories at Leavenworth. With that being said, in "Army Apparitions," Moore offers the perfect example of how paranormal activity results from a terrible death.
In the text, "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories," Ambrose Bierce tells his audience of paranormal activity that has happened in all of the ghost stories. Some of the stories are related to the spirits of the dead. The other ghost stories are related to disappearances of the living souls. In this article, the supernatural effect is more common than what people might actually …show more content…

After the exucution, things started happening like door knobs turning with no one around. Also, people walking by the house has claimed seeing a woman in a black dress looking out the attic window. In Haunting Expirences, culture and traditions take a big part of the book, but it does relate to "Army Apparitions," by telling the story of a son, who was paying his father's taxes, after his father's death. The son said his father was next to his bed side talking to him about the unpaid bill. Haunting Expierences, also stated, "Ghost stories often reflect specific cultural orientations that differ from culture to culture and also change over time. For example, a ghost returning to complete unfinished business is a common and widespread motif." (Goldstien, Grider, and Thomas 38). This quote and example relates to "Army Apparitions," because Haunting Expirences, talks about a ghost returning for unfinished buisness and relates it to an

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