His major influence is the death of those close to him, mostly family. Death is a significant influence because all the pain and suffering he feels and had to live with is what created his astonishing art work. The poems show all the feelings he had undergone at that point in his life but it also gave him the ideas of what to write thus causing magnificent poems/short stories. One poem that Edgar had written was, “The City in the Sea.” He wrote this poem about how he perceives death and all the effects that death causes when it comes around. Since he had so many deaths in his life he wrote this poem to express how he sees death taking over locations that were once spectacular and are now in grieve and the absence of the liveliness.
Edgar Allan Poe’s life was filled with many tragedies which heavily influenced his most popular work from the Gothic genre. It all began at the ripe age of two, when Edgar’s mother died of tuberculosis, causing himself and his brother and sister to be orphaned. The three children were split apart, and Edgar was taken into the foster home of John Allan and Frances Keeling Valentine Allan. Each parent provided a different experience for Poe; his foster father was an abusive alcoholic, while his foster mother would educate and try protecting him from her husband when possible. The death of his foster mother was very difficult for him to handle, and he enlisted himself in the army to get away from the abuse at his foster home.
The death of his younger brother terribly affected Holden personally. He constantly worries about his parents and his sister as he does not want to see them going through the pain of another death, even though he's harshly miserable himself. Even though Allie had passed away, Allie’s presence has affected the action, theme, and the development of Holden. Holden’s younger brother, Allie, has played an important role in Holden’s actions. Throughout the novel, there were many reminders of Allie and his death.
Loss can be felt through death as well as someone leaving your life. Harry experiences this loss through Miss Spencer leaving the town. Overall, this bildungsroman shows the concept of grief and loss and ways to cope through various situations. The death of Harry’s mother in the novel explores the loss and guilt the Hodby’s have to endure and ways in which they manage to live without a mother in their family. Harry’s father is definitely most affected by the death of his wife.
Although the one thing I can't figure out about this poem is why Kooser says “skulls” of small talk, because skulls usually signify death or lose and the small talk for me was the best part of the whole experience. The next line is “On the prairies below us, the grass leans this way and that in discussion; words fly away like corn shucks over fields”. Now I interpreted this as just an extension of Kooser saying that the mountains listen to what you have to say
Literary Analysis “Things They Carried” by Tim O’ Brien Admittedly, the greatest fear of a soldier is the fear of death. The mere thought of being shot and buried in a mud with a bunch of other corpses or getting stuck and buried alive in a tunnel under the tons of earth, makes a person have goosebumps. In his story “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien managed to explicitly elucidate the burden the soldiers carried throughout the Vietnam War and more importantly, he portrayed that the fear of death could be eclipsed by more frightening things. The story appears to have to a peculiar structure. Particularly, the actions are repeated throughout the story but described from different angle or in more details.
The very sad mood of the lyrics tie back into the theme and Holden’s character because throughout the novel, the reader discovers how sad Holden’s life really is. I certainly can’t relate to Holden about all the death he has encountered in his life because I haven’t really lost anyone especially close to me. However, I can relate on some level to how lonely he his. I’ve had those type of days where I feel like I’m the only one that understands me. It comes and it passes, but I’m able to survive just fine.
In this particular poem Gay writes the death was “a fearful shock!” and that “The stores were closed, our flag was draped, Our hearts felt sick and sore..” He is clearly mourning the death of one of his country’s greatest leaders along with the rest of the America. Gay goes on to say “His eyes were growing dim, When with a faltering step they brought His weeping son to him.” This is in reference to President Lincoln’s youngest son Todd who was not with his father at the time of the shooting. “Weep not my boy, his friends did cry, But put your trust in Him, Who takes your father from your side..” is the next line that is referring to what other people in the room
My experiences throughout my life helped me write my biggest songs by making me experience things I’ve never experienced before like making me depressed, ashamed of myself and many more an example of a depressed song is Folsom Prison Blues I thought about how I got myself in jail and how it was my fault that my brother died. Describe your relationship with your wife, June. How has this relationship “saved you” from your well documented battle with
(Edgar, np) Later in life Poe suffered from alcoholism and depression. (Edgar, np) In the short stories “Cask of Amontillado” and “Fall of the House of Usher” Poe’s influences of death and mental illness are clearly shown. Edgar’s life is evident in his literature. Poe was surrounded by death in his life and this influence can be seen in the “Cask of Amontillado”. The death of his mother tormented him severely.