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Salvation On Sand Mountain Summary
Andrew Shaw
Richel Burkey-Harris
College Writing 1
23 October 2017
Question One Paper The author of Salvation on Sand Mountain gets drawn into the snake handling community. He becomes very intrigued in the snakes and begins to handle the snakes himself. Why is Dennis so interested in snake handling? Does his interest originate from past experiences? Dennis came to the Church of Jesus with Signs Following as a reporter covering the case of Glen Summerford. When he came to the church he felt a pull of spirituality with the people and the idea of snake handling in the name of God. At first, Dennis attended church out of curiosity, but he soon forged close friendships with the people and took up snake handling himself. Another thing, Dennis
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