Thursday, April 14, 2011
POE
I enjoy Edgar A. Poe, and loved learning about his life. After reading "The Cask of Amittallido", I also read the biography in the book about Poe, which i found extremely interesting. If I had it to do over, I would have chosen Edgar A. Poe as my author to do my research paper on because he lived such and interesting life.After all that he endured as a child he still had this spectacular skill of writing. I think it is very sad how people are addicted to drugs alcohol, and other substances. I can only imagine how successful Poe would have been if he was not ruled by his addictions. The ironic thing about Poe's high potential is that he did not utilize it to his advantage. He let it go to waist in bars and slummy homes in the ghetto.
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I think that Poe had alot of internal demons to fight. The stories that he wrote were ok, but realy gory, and mind-twisting. You are right in saying that he had high potential and unfortunatly, he did not utilize it. I know that this may sound harsh, but when I think of Poe, I think of a drunk, and deranged writer. Poe could have made a bigger impact in the literature world, if he had utilized his full potential.
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