His parents were both actors. Being actors they weren't well off only playing small roles in third-rate shows. He was one of three children although his older brother had been left to live with another family before Edgar knew him. He was living a normal childhood at the moment. This changed when Edgar was two; his mom had died of tuberculosis. Now him and his sister Rosalie were orphaned. It was not long till Mrs. Frances Allan coaxed her husband into taking in Edgar and raising him. The Allan's were very wealthy and very able to provide him with the right education he needed to become successful. Mentally Edgar had no one. John Allan never accepted him as a family member he was more of a charity case to him. So really Edgar had lacked any true sense of belonging and never felt loved.

Anyway, he was sent to the University of Virginia. This didn't turn out well being the atmosphere of campus was more

In Edgar Allan Poe's poem " A Dream within a Dream" he describes how hope has flown away. This may reflect the time when he no longer was living off of John Allan and he had grown poor. At this point in his life he had been kicked out of the military school and he is living on his own. His hope was no longer there. Then he is holding grains of sand that slowly slip threw his fingers no matter how hard he tries to hold onto them they keep draining out. This may be how he had tried to make up with John and get money from him. John had just refused to his pleas for help. He wonders if everything is surreal, if everything is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan had written "Alone" a poem describing how he never really fit in, how he wasn't like others, and how what he enjoyed differed from everyone else. He wrote that he loved alone. This I believe is derived from how he never really had a family. He describes how life passes him by and he had a block (demon in my view) on view on life. He recognizes he's not like others and he knows he can never see life like a person that had a normal life.

Edgar Allan Poe was an amazing poet and author. Everything that happened to him has made him who he is. When you read his works you are reading what he is. He has lived an awful life yet he was able to do what he loved best and that is write. He lived the way he wanted to even though he was a very lonely person. He may have had nightmares but those were all fantasies that intrigued him. Edgar Allan Poe is someone you can really look into. By reading his works he will fascinate you.

His drinking and bad dreams must have contributed to this story. You can tell that in this story the cat provided the love he had but once the cat had deceived him he killed him. He even mourned

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