Poe’s Gothic Story That Effected Me

The Gothic story that affected me the most would have to be Tell-Tale Heart. This goes beyond just reading it for ENG241, I first read this story in the 8th grade and can still remember the class room I was in and where I was sitting in the room. It was a story that for some reason stuck with me through the rest of my school days. I think the whole planning on killer’s part on how calm he was, how much thought was put in to it, and how he claimed not to be a “mad man” really drew me into the story. I wanted to read on to see what was going to happen, how it was going to unfold, and does he get away with it. What made this story a “memorable” one is how the mind can work against him by taking him from a calm man who is just trying to get