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Racism In Poison By Roald Dahl

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Jocelyn Pytel Period 1 Poison Analysis In the short story, “Poison” by Roald Dahl, the author reveals that racism can act like a poison and can “infect” all people. “Poison” is a story about two englishmen named Harry and Timber who live in British occupied India in the 1940s. One night Timber comes home and finds Harry drenched in sweat claiming a deadly krait has fallen asleep on his stomach. In an effort to move the snake off Harry’s chest, an Indian Doctor, Dr. Ganderbai, is called in to help. He and Harry struggle to interact civilly with one another, hence their different backgrounds. In the story, Dr. Ganderbai discovered that there is was no snake sleeping on Harry in the first place. Ganderbai inquires Harry and he becomes

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