Blog Post #3

Edgar Allan Poe is a legendary writer that created masterpieces like "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Raven", and "The Tell-Tale Heart." All of these works of art would change literature forever and are awesomely influential on today's writings and even movies and TV shows. There are so many thing to love about "The Fall of the House of Usher", in particular, but there are also a few things that I would change about it.

I will start with everything I loved about the story. First, the imagery Poe uses is crazy good. How he describes the house is really good at creating the setting for the story. Next, I absolutely and utterly enjoyed how he mingled the art with reality in the story. It was such a cool concept that only a literary genius could of done so well at. I also liked how the narrator was nameless and mysterious. You knew not much of his past but it almost seemed as if he solely exists strictly to narrate the story. It's really sweet how Poe doesn't care what he throws in his story that might gross you out or creep you out. For example, the (implied) incestuous relationship between Roderick and his sister although the things that imply this could have completely different meanings. The final element I notably enjoyed was the ending to the story. The ending was a perfect combo between suspense and mystery.

These are all the things (listed in the paragraph above) that I would use in a story, if I had to write one similar to Poe's. The reason I would use these in my story is because those are the key elements that work together to make this such a legendary creation. You can't point one of those elements out and expect the story to have the same meaning without it there.

In the end, Edgar Allan Poe wrote an absolute work of art that should not be changed in any way shape or form. My task was to simply pick out the best things that he did and I think that I did a pretty good job. Thank you for your time.