Edgar Allan Poe
Sometimes people say I am an unusual person. I do not know why. I think I am a perfectly normal type of person. Maybe I am not into too many mainstream fads, but I am not that different. That is why when I was assigned a research paper I immediately chose Edgar Allan Poe. People say he was an unusual person, too, but I just think he is misunderstood. You should not judge someone until you know more about them and where they come from. (If you met my family you would understand why I am this way!) As I found out more about him, I realized that we had very different lifestyles. Edgar Allan Poe led a disturbing life that shows through his unique writing style and work. Edgar Allan Poe entered the world on January 19, 1809. He was handed to two unloving parents: David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe. The Poe family resided in Boston, Massachusetts. His unfit parents were in the acting business and did not have enough time to devote love and affection to young Edgar. At the age of three, Edgar lost his father and later his mother. David walked out on the family, leaving Elizabeth to take care of Edgar on her own. She could not handle the stress of being a single mother and passed away shortly after. John and Frances Allan un
Since Poe and Allan had grown so far apart, Poe had no where to go. He moved in with his aunt Maria Clemm. Soon after, he married Maria's daughter Virginia. Virginia was only 13 at the time. He loved her very, very much. The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include: the world's finest two detective stories - "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter"; and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end - "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Poe went back to Boston for four years before enlisting in West Point Academy. At West Point, Poe majored in Foreign languages. While he did well on an academic level, Poe did not feel as though he had to complete his required duties. For this, he was expelled. He next enlisted in the US Army as Edgar A. Perry. He achieved the title of Regiment Sergeant Major. Poe's writing style was one all of his own. It is said he innovated the first detective novel, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. His work challenged morals of the time. He was called atheistic, but his concern was the literary formalism. He had on main "philosophical ideal: through the calculated use of language one may express, though always imperfectly, a vision of truth and the essential condition of human existence." (Infotrac Internet Resource, pg. 8) officially adopted Edgar and raised him as their own. They brought him back to their home in Richmo
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