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          Edgar Allan Poe's life was nothing but a series of unfortunate events.  His life was full of loneliness and depression.  Although he had a very cold life, he was able to live to the age of 40 and was able to express his life through his very famous writings.  His writings are very intimate with his pain in life and they give me a better understanding on how good my life really is. Edgar Allan Poe is a very courageous man for not taking the easy way out and being able to write about the difficulties he was having in life.
          The life of Edgar Allan Poe was very dark and lonesome.  He lost both of his parents at a very early age and was sent to live with John Allan.  He never had any close family and as many people could understand, he felt very alone and sad.  When he got older he moved away to England to attend school and while he was there, he tried to pay off his debt by gambling which took him into more debt.  In advance to all of the debt, he had to withdraw from the university and he enlisted in the U.S. Army.
          After he was in the army he moved to Virginia to live with his widowed aunt and cousin and started to write full time.  He became in love with his thirteen year old cousin and married her.  She died at a very young age by the cause of tuberculosis.  One of his most famous writings was called The Raven.  This story expressed the decline of his sanity.  To many people at the time his writings seemed crazy and people thought as if he was on drugs.  His writings were very intimate to how he felt about his life.
          His life was full of mishaps and did not have a happy ending.  Both of his parents died before he turned the age of three.  He was sent to live as an orphan with his aunt and uncle named John and Frances Allan.  His life was full of debt and he was robbed of many things such as the lives of the people he loved the most.  When he died at the age of forty, he was found on the side of the road unconscious.  Some people say that he died from congestion of the brain.  His death will remain a mystery forever because his death records have been lost.
          In the last week I have learned a lot about Edgar Allan Poe.  Although I would rather learn about a more fortunate author, Edgar Allan Poe has really inspired me.  His life has taught me a lesson that life can be very dark and depressing at times but no matter what happens, you have to just keep moving.  As bad things happen you have to try and improve.  Eventually Edgar Allan Poe died right where his life was, in the gutters.