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The Black Angel
Misconceptions
People in HLL believed that harming The Black Angel would curse them to suffer.
"He always told the one about the three university students who had pulled a midnight prank and chopped off some if the Angel's bronze fingers. It didn't take long for each of them to be struck down by some horrible accident." (Ray, 88)
People believed that girls kissed in front of the black angel would have harm brought to them in most cases.
"Any girl kissed near her in the moonlight will
die within six months."
point of view
1st person, Linc Crenshaw
"Most people end their lives in a graveyard. Sometimes I think my life began there." (Ray,1)
Oakland Cemetery
"Iowa City's Oakland Cemetery is home to the legendary Black Angel, which is a eight and a half foot tall burial monument for the Feldevert family."
conflicting information
The translation of the epitaph on the black angel in HLL is different from the one in the article
"The sun and clouds stood above my journey
There were tough and joyful days in my life.
You did my work just to make the world better.
You fold your hands and your head goes down.
Your spirit flies away where everlasting reward is waiting for you after hardship"
"For me, the clouds concealed the sun. The path was thorny. The days of my life passed without comfort. I always accomplished my work for the good of the world. I fold my arms and bow my head, but my spirit flies away into the distance. Suffering is over. An eternal reward awaits you." (Ray, 293)
Main Ideas
HLL; Don't judge a book by it's cover
"No murder. No mayhem. Just some poor woman who spent her life's savings on a statue to honor her dead husband and son" (Ray, 85).
Oakland cemetery article; educate people about the blackangel
"The strictly scientific explanation is that the blackness is caused by oxidation of the bronze resulting from its natural exposure to the elements."