The Tales Of A Trauma-Struck Man

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Edgar Allan Poe: The Tales of a Trauma-Struck Man
In fictional stories, authors often draw inspiration from events, whether they are good or bad, from their own lives and intertwine that into their writing. For example, in the short story, “The Gift of Magi”, written by O. Henry, the author took his knowledge and opinion of the people in poverty in New York and wrote a tremendous story about how love can overcome money. In another representation of this, the author Pauline Kaldas, who is from north-eastern Egypt, wrote a story called “Airport”, in which a very intelligent woman in Egypt is having second thoughts about her arranged marriage to a man who was already in the United States. She is familiar with the topic due to the fact that she …show more content…

Edgar Allan Poe was only a young boy when his father abandoned his family. It never affected him in his younger years, however, when he was older he could not help but think about how much better his life would have been if he had not left them. Shortly after his father's disappearance, his mother got tuberculosis, the dreaded disease at the time. She succumbed to the sickness when Poe was only three. He was put into foster care with a family by the name of the Allens'. Mrs. Allan loved and nurtured Edgar. She educated him on the subjects he was missing in school and truly cared about his well-being and future. On the contrary, Mr. Allan did not want anything to do with his unadopted son. Once Edgar was old enough, Mr. Allan sent him off to the University of Virginia, but only gave him enough money to get there. He was soon starving and …show more content…

He was sitting in his home, moping in his own sadness when he heard tapping at his door. He went to go and check who the visitor was, and no one was there, which was stated in the line, "-here I opened wide the door;- Darkness there and nothing more". The man convinced himself that he was going mad and that it was just the wind when there was then tapping at his window sill. The tapping returned and he flung his shutters open to reveal a raven, sitting atop the bust of Pallas, the goddess of wisdom. When he had asked this bird what its name was, not expecting a response, the bird replied, "Nevermore." He expecting it to leave by the time he awoke in the morning, but when he went to return to how he was before, the bird said, once more, "Nevermore". The man brought up a chair and sat with the bird, just staring and looking but it made him feel unsettled. He began to believe that the raven was sent by devils to haunt him and remind him of his lost love, never allowing him to move on. All he wishes to do is to forget Lenore so he is no longer depressed. He began to yell at the bird, asking it if there was anything at all that could heal his pain and suffering. The bird responded, "Nevermore." He continued asking it questions about his Lenore. He asked it if she was sent off to a heavenly place with the angels, in which the raven replied, "Nevermore." The narrator became

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