Dec 2

So reading the graphic novel Nevermore I really didn't know what to expect. I really don't have much knowledge on Edgar Allan Poe. I mean I know I have read The Tell-Tale Heart, but other than that I really haven't read much of his material. For the most part I have enjoyed the stories. The pictures however have given me some mixed signals. Like with Tell-Tale Heart the pictures were really cool and added a sweet addition to the story. I really liked looking at the eyes and how they have changed throughout the story. With The Fall of the House of Usher and its pictures it made it harder to follow for me. I couldn't tell the two guys apart at sometimes and I noticed in class that I wasn't the only one. I guess overall I would have really appreciated these stories on their own or with little illustrations. When we read the first story The Raven I really didn't enjoy the story at all. I just didn't like it. I didn't understand it and it didn't allow me to connect or anything. I really like how before the story starts the author gives you a glimpse of what the story was or what it’s kind of about. I love how they have made a lot of these stories more modern so that we can relate to them. And with a lot of pictures it helps with the understandings of what Poe is trying to say.

One question that was brought up in class was if the blind woman in The Tell-Tale Heart and if she was insane before she met the patient or if the patient drove her to that. I think it was mostly the feeling she got from the patient but also there had to had been some underlying issues along the way to make her snap at this point.