Mumbo Jumbo Lesson Plan

Who does Hinckle Von Vampton, the Atonist Order, and Knights Templar represent?

Students should note that Von Vampton is the main antagonist of the novel. He is centuries old and was a member of the Knights Templar. Overall Von Vampton, the Atonist Order, and Knights Templar represent the many systems and powerful people that actively work to ensure Eurocentric, Christian, non-secular, and heteronormative values guide society. They all work to actualize the systematic repression of Jes Grew and to stamp out the overall influence of Black culture. In many ways, Von Vampton's "assignment" is similar to white settler rhetoric of "the white man's burden" as he and the Order...