Outline #2

 I will write about Edgar Allan Poe’s life starting from the beggining of his childhood to his mysterious death.  He was also in the military and was later court-martialed.  Also to the death of his wife from tuberculosis.

Outline

  I will write about Edgar Allan Poe’s life starting from the beggining of his childhood to his mysterious death.  He was also in the military and was later court-martialed.  Also to the death of his wife from tuberculosis.

Thesis Statement

I will write about the life of the legendary Edgar Allan Poe.  I think he was a great writer.  His stories still haunt people’s imaginations to this day.  The life he lived was full of dissapointments and tragedy. 

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.  His mother and father, Elizabeth Poe and David Poe Jr. were both actors.  He had two siblings an older brother named William H. L. Poe and a younger sister named Rosalie Poe.  His father left them when he was only one year old.  His mother later died of Tuberculosis a year later.  So Poe was inherited by John Allan; a Scottish tobacco merchant.  Edgar has now moved to Richmond, Virginia.  His brother and sister were sent off to live with other famalies.  Poe took the name Allan from his adoptive family and was now known as Edgar Allan Poe.  In 1815 he traveled to England to start in Grammer School in Irvine, Scotland.  Then to a boarding school in Chelsea in 1817.  After boarding school he went to Bransby’s Manor House School at Stoke Newington near London.  In 1826 he joined the University of Virginia but quit within a year.  The reason why was because John Allan could ot give him enough money to survive.  Edgar started to gamble, lost and was in debt.  The relationship with him and John became sour and bitter because of his gambling problem. 

 After Poe traveled to Boston to enlist in the United States Army under the name Edgar A. Perry.  He recieved the rank of Sergeant Major while serving for two years.  Edgar moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1829 to live with his aunt, cousin, and his brother Henry.  In that same year his foster mother who had taken him in died.  Poe then had joined the United States Military Academy at West Point.  During that same year he had published another volume of poems titled, ‘Al Aaraaf Tamerlane and Minor Poems’.  After Poe joined West Point John Allan decided to kick him out because of the differences they still had.  Poe went on strike and was court-martialed for disobedience in 1931.  After that he released another volume of poems called, Poems, Second Edition.  So Edgar moved back to Baltimore with his aunt.  On August 1931 his brother Henry died of tuberculosis.  He began to publish his short stories in Philidelphia and won a prize for the short story called ‘The Manuscript found in a Bottle’.  This got him a job as the assistant editor on the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond.  But, he was fired within a few weeks for being drunk.  Then he returned to Baltimore again only to marry his own cousin Virginia when she was only 13 at that time.  In 1838 Poe published ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym’ and it was widely reviewed. In 1839 he joined the Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine as an assistant editor.  Where he wrote a large number of stories.  He also published ‘Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque’ in two volumes which had a collection of his classic short stories such as ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, ‘The Manuscript found in a Bottle’, ‘Bernice’, and ‘Ligeia’. 

In 1840 he left the Magazine company he was working for and joined Graham’s Magazine as an assistant editor. Thats where he published his first detective story titled ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ where he created the character of C. Auguste Dupin who solves crimes using deduction.  This character influenced Arthur Conan Doyle who created the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.  Edgar Allan was interested and involved in Cryptography.  In 1842 his wife Virginia bled from the mouth only to be diagnosed with tuberculosis later on.  Poe began to drink heavily.  Poe left his job and went to New York to work for the Broadway Journal where he wrote his famous poem called ‘The Raven’.  He left the Broadway Journal after it went bankrupt and moved to The Bronx in New York. 

In 1847 his wife Virginia died of tuberculosis which left Poe a depressed man.  It is now him against the world.  He began to drink heavier and smoked opium.  On October 3rd, 1849 Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore unconscious from the alcohol consumed.  He was taken to Washington College Hospital.  He had finally let go and died on October 7th, 1849 he was 40 years old.  Altough he lived a half life full of twists and turns, he left behind great poems and short stories.  His life can be described with this poem of his,

 

Take this kiss upon the brow
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow –
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand –
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

 

 

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.  His mother and father, Elizabeth Poe and David Poe Jr. were both actors.  He had two siblings an older brother named William H. L. Poe and a younger sister named Rosalie Poe.  His father left them when he was only one year old.  His mother later died of Tuberculosis a year later.  So Poe was inherited by John Allan; a Scottish tobacco merchant.  Edgar has now moved to Richmond, Virginia.  His brother and sister were sent off to live with other famalies.  Poe took the name Allan from his adoptive family and was now known as Edgar Allan Poe.  In 1815 he traveled to England to start in Grammer School in Irvine, Scotland.  Then to a boarding school in Chelsea in 1817.  After boarding school he went to Bransby’s Manor House School at Stoke Newington near London.  In 1826 he joined the University of Virginia but quit within a year.  The reason why was because John Allan could ot give him enough money to survive.  Edgar started to gamble, lost and was in debt.  The relationship with him and John became sour and bitter because of his gambling problem. 

 After Poe traveled to Boston to enlist in the United States Army under the name Edgar A. Perry.  He recieved the rank of Sergeant Major while serving for two years.  Edgar moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1829 to live with his aunt, cousin, and his brother Henry.  In that same year his foster mother who had taken him in died.  Poe then had joined the United States Military Academy at West Point.  During that same year he had published another volume of poems titled, ‘Al Aaraaf Tamerlane and Minor Poems’.  After Poe joined West Point John Allan decided to kick him out because of the differences they still had.  Poe went on strike and was court-martialed for disobedience in 1931.  After that he released another volume of poems called, Poems, Second Edition.  So Edgar moved back to Baltimore with his aunt.  On August 1931 his brother Henry died of tuberculosis.  He began to publish his short stories in Philidelphia and won a prize for the short story called ‘The Manuscript found in a Bottle’.  This got him a job as the assistant editor on the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond.  But, he was fired within a few weeks for being drunk.  Then he returned to Baltimore again only to marry his own cousin Virginia when she was only 13 at that time.  In 1838 Poe published ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym’ and it was widely reviewed. In 1839 he joined the Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine as an assistant editor.  Where he wrote a large number of stories.  He also published ‘Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque’ in two volumes which had a collection of his classic short stories such as ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, ‘The Manuscript found in a Bottle’, ‘Bernice’, and ‘Ligeia’. 

In 1840 he left the Magazine company he was working for and joined Graham’s Magazine as an assistant editor. Thats where he published his first detective story titled ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ where he created the character of C. Auguste Dupin who solves crimes using deduction.  This character influenced Arthur Conan Doyle who created the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.  Edgar Allan was interested and involved in Cryptography.  In 1842 his wife Virginia bled from the mouth only to be diagnosed with tuberculosis later on.  Poe began to drink heavily.  Poe left his job and went to New York to work for the Broadway Journal where he wrote his famous poem called ‘The Raven’.  He left the Broadway Journal after it went bankrupt and moved to The Bronx in New York. 

In 1847 his wife Virginia died of tuberculosis which left Poe a depressed man.  It is now him against the world.  He began to drink heavier and smoked opium.  On October 3rd, 1849 Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore unconscious from the alcohol consumed.  He was taken to Washington College Hospital.  He had finally let go and died on October 7th, 1849 he was 40 years old.  Altough he lived a half life full of twists and turns, he left behind great poems and short stories.  His life can be described with this poem of his,

 

Take this kiss upon the brow
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow –
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand –
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

 

 

Brainstorming Revised?

On this research project I will write about a famous author. He was an American Poet who wrote horror stories about plagues. I will write about Edgar Allan Poe. These are some links and a few examples I borrowed for my brainstorming.

 http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American poet, critic, short story writer, and author of such macabre works as “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1840);

http://www.mysterynet.com/edgar-allan-poe/

He was educated in Virginia and England as a child. It was during his later years at West Point that he showed a remarkable propensity for writing prose. As early as the age of 15, he wrote these words in memory of a female acquaintance, “The requiem for the loveliest dead that ever died so young.”

 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/edgar-allan-poe-biography.html

 Edgar Poe was born on the 19th of January, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was David Poe Jr. and his mother was Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. Both of them were actors. Edgar had an elder brother named William Henry Leonard Poe and a younger sister named Rosalie Poe. In 1810, their father abandoned them, and within a year their mother died of consumption. Edgar went to live with John Allan who was a Scottish tobacco merchant living in Richmond, Virginia. His siblings went to other families. The Allan family was quite well to do, and Edgar lived a good life with them. As a mark of respect for his adoptive family, Edgar took the middle name of Allan and came to be known as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1815, the Allans along with Edgar traveled to England, where Edgar began to attend school. In 1815, he attended Grammar School in Irvine, Scotland, and in a boarding school in Chelsea in 1817. After that, he attended the Reverend John Bransby’s Manor House School at Stoke Newington near London. In 1826, he joined the University of Virginia, but he left within a year.

Brainstorming

On this research project I will write about a famous author.  He was an American Poet who wrote horror stories about plagues.  I will write about Edgar Allan Poe.  These are some links and a few examples I borrowed for my brainstorming.

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American poet, critic, short story writer, and author of such macabre works as “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1840);

http://www.mysterynet.com/edgar-allan-poe/

He was educated in Virginia and England as a child. It was during his later years at West Point that he showed a remarkable propensity for writing prose. As early as the age of 15, he wrote these words in memory of a female acquaintance, “The requiem for the loveliest dead that ever died so young.”

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/edgar-allan-poe-biography.html

Edgar Poe was born on the 19th of January, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was David Poe Jr. and his mother was Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. Both of them were actors. Edgar had an elder brother named William Henry Leonard Poe and a younger sister named Rosalie Poe.

In 1810, their father abandoned them, and within a year their mother died of consumption. Edgar went to live with John Allan who was a Scottish tobacco merchant living in Richmond, Virginia. His siblings went to other families. The Allan family was quite well to do, and Edgar lived a good life with them. As a mark of respect for his adoptive family, Edgar took the middle name of Allan and came to be known as Edgar Allan Poe.

In 1815, the Allans along with Edgar traveled to England, where Edgar began to attend school. In 1815, he attended Grammar School in Irvine, Scotland, and in a boarding school in Chelsea in 1817. After that, he attended the Reverend John Bransby’s Manor House School at Stoke Newington near London. In 1826, he joined the University of Virginia, but he left within a year.
 

Castle Park #2

On Saturday, my aunt, uncle, and their child came over from San Francisco to spend some time with us.  As they got out of their Nissan car they smile and walk up to the front door.  My little cousin Anthony who I have never seen untill now was tall for his age.  Of course I greeted them and took there luggage into my room where they will spend the following nights.  Its been a while since they’ve been over to our house.  So after my parents and my aunt and uncle were done talking from the living room, my dad decided to go to an amusement park to entertain the kids.  My sister invited her two friends Leslie and Kathy to go with us.  So we loaded up the truck and the suv of ours full of family and friends and set off to Riverside.  As we got to Castle Park we saw this huge log ride where people would just fall through a slope of water.  The weather was getting hot and humid.  So everyone brought with them a water bottle.  Everyone except the grown ups and I did not go on the rides.  I wasn’t feeling to my normal self so I decided to not go on the attractions.  All the little ones were having fun on the little rides, my sister went off with her friends, and I went to the arcade to play video games.  On that occasion I also won some prizes.  So it was getting late so we decieded to leave.  When we got back into Ontario, my dad went to go buy food to put on the grill.  I had to get the grill ready so I turned the nozzle for the propane tank.  As my dad cooked my friend came over and brought Guitar Hero.  So we were playing then my dad called us over and we were playing dominoes.  After that we ate.  It was getting late so everyone helped pick up trash.  I was tired after that so I went to bed.

The incident was that I was sick and could not get on the rides.  All the young ones had adrenaline rushes while they were on the rides and I had nothing but a cold.  So I did not enjoy my day at Castle Park but I did have some fun at home being with family and friends. 

Castle Park

  On Saturday, my aunt, uncle, and their child came over from San Francisco to spend some time with us.  Its been a while since they’ve been over to our house.  So after my parents and my aunt and uncle were done talking; my dad decided to go to an amusement park to entertain the kids.  My sister invited her two friends to go with us.  So off we went to Riverside.  As we got to Castle Park it was getting mildly hot.  Everyone except the grown ups and I did not go on the rides.  I wasn’t feeling to my normal self so I decided to not go on.  All the little ones were having fun, my sister went off with her friends, and I went to the arcade to play video games.  On that occasion I also won some prizes.  So it was getting late so we decieded to leave.  When we got back into Ontario, my dad went to go buy food to put on the grill.  I had to get the grill ready so I turned the nozzle for the propane tank.  As my dad cooked my friend came over and brought Guitar Hero.  So we were playing then my dad called us over and we were playing dominoes.  After that we ate.  It was getting late so everyone helped pick up trash.  I was tired after that so I went to bed.

Rough Draft

What can too much pride do to you?

In this story, I have read about a king who his pride overshadows him and is his downfall in the end.   A princess named Antigone tries to bury her fallen brother Polyneices; who died in a war against his own brother Etocles.  Etocles also shares the same fate as his brother.  Creon, uncle of the two is crowned king and give militarial burial to Etocles for “fighting for his country.”  While Polyneices is out being pecked, bitten, and decaying.  Antigone will not stand for that and goes out to bury her brother Polyneices.  Creon finds out that Antigone did it and locks her up.  That is where his pride really gets to him. 

            What made Creon noble enough to rule the city?

Well, Polyneices and Etocles both killed each other and Oedipus had already died.  Creon was a family member so he pretty much fell into it.  He honors the city more than his family that is where his pride gets to him again.  This quote,” Nevertheless, I say to you at the very outset that I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the state.”  Creon is saying he will do whatever it takes to keep the city under control even if it means punishing family. “No one values friendship more highly than I; but we must remember that friends made at risk of wrecking our ship are not real friends at all.”  Creon will have no use or no trust for friends if they make a mistake. 

            What can pride do to you?

Creon makes mistakes like in this quote, “O my son, these are no trifles!  Think: all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs no evil.  The only crime is pride.”  Creon’s flaw was his pride and his ego.  He didn’t want women showing him off by going out and burying Polyneices or his son trying to talk him out of killing Antigone.  Pride would be any king’s downfall.  “How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!”

            When is the right time when someone recognizes their mistakes?

It was a little too late for Creon. It all started when Creon refused to bury Polyneices.  Polyneices and Etocles had an argument which later turned into a war.  Etocles did not want Polyneices to rule the city.  Polyneices was angered and turned against him and were both killed.  That is why Creon will not bury Polyneices.  Creon should had recognized his mistake earlier.  Now Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice are dead.  The Gods refuse the body of Polyneices and they are angered with Creon.  “Lead me away.  I have been rash and foolish; I have killed my son and wife.  I look for comfort; my comfort lies here dead.  Whatever my hands have touched has come to nothing.  Fate has brought all my pride to a though of dust.”  Creon has recognized his mistakes too late and now his family is dead.

            Now Creon is left alone to think for a very long time of the mistakes he committed.  The play ends with the Choragus talking to the audience speaking aloud,” And proud men in old age learn to be wise.”  This meaning it is better to think with your mind and not your pride.