Edgar Allen Poe

The short story that I choice to read was, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Edgar Allen Poe. Not only is it a great story but it gives a lot of imagination and suspense from the anticipation build up within the narrative character. I would totally have my students read this story as it gives such great examples of theme and imagination of the thumping and the scenes about the “vulture-eye.” Personally, I read this story in high-school or middle-school sometime, which the story freaked me out a little bit. Yet, I was really into the story and the themes behind it and often wondering why he finally broke-down and told the people about the crimes he committed against the old man and his “vultures-eye.” However, the reason why I choose this story to teach and talk about is because its one of my favorite Edgar Allen Poe writings, and I feel that if you love the text and present it to your students, they’ll feel that energy and excitement that you feel when your reading it out loud. Yet, the two poems that I find very interesting would be “The Raven,” and “Silence,” by Edgar Allen Poe, which both poems have read in class in high-school and I feel that they are appropriate to teach and dissect the context within the text. I feel that “The Raven,” will allow the students to see and understand the importance of long poems and the meaning or theme behind the poem’s context. I want my students to get an understanding of Narrative poems, and how they present themselves within the text. Yet, I want my students to get that the style Poe went for would be a musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere that I find very extravagant and a great poem that leaves you thinking a lot about. Then I feel with the poem, “Silence” I want my students to get an understanding that silence may at times associate with bad things such as dwelling and feeling lonely at times, but sometimes silence is the key to certain situations that allow you to get a better understanding on the situation at hand. Those situations could be a death in the family, but its best to sit back and reflect on the good times you had with them and remember that God is always with you as well.