Poe

This week we talked about a new author named Poe. We also read some of his short stories which to me seemed a bit peculiar. In our discussion about "Fall of the House of Usher" we discussed different topics about the short story. One of the topics discussed was about our thoughts in the fact that Roderick buried his sister alive and whether he knew she was alive or not. To me, the reason why he buried her was because he feared her greatly and he didn't want her illness to get worse and affect him. Evidence of this is shown in the beginning of the story when the narrator sees Madeline, Roderick's sister, and at the sight of her, Roderick hides his face under the blanket in terror. Roderick also explains that his only fear is fear itself and that he is terrified of dying in fear, which would directly show his reasons for burying his sister as soon as possible. Another explanation for this peculier act would have been that the whole incident was all a trap that roderick and madeline were playing of the narrator. This is shown in the way in which roderick burys his sister inside the house instead of outside and burying her while she is still alive