Our First Essay

Last week we were doing our first formal essay for the English class. I picked the first topic question. This question was about how Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” influenced Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner’s stories. These stories were “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “A Rose for Emily” respectively with their authors. I chose this topic because I found it really interesting that Poe’s work influenced so greatly other writers. At first, when reading the stories in the classroom I did not see the influence Poe’s story had on the others. But when comparing the elements on each story and analyzing them more carefully I could see how “The Cask of Amontillado” influenced both stories greatly. I think I did a pretty good essay and I’m looking forward to the second one.

I also like a lot what we are doing now in the classroom. Poetry is very different from prose writing and I find it more interesting than prose. It has so many elements and it also has a lot of variety of style. I like looking for the stressed and unstressed syllables and finding the sequence of each verse and stanza. I’m looking forward to learn more about different types of poems and I would also like to write a few in class.