Reply to a classmate regarding their post; be sure to offer a new quote or idea to keep the conversation flowing!  Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate APA format. Both responses must be at least 150 words.  1. Reply to this post made by classmate named Crystal:   “The Fall of the House of Usher.”  Edgar Allen Poe writes a twisted, morbid gothic tale of misery, sanity and a haunted house. Poe’s writing engages the reader with morbid curiosity and fascination “The Fall of the House of Usher,” draws you in and keeps the reader to the very end. I believe that’s why Poe’s works remain so popular even in today's culture. I personally love all of Poe’s work and find the gothic nature of this story to be very engaging. One of the terms I choose to apply to the reading was, exposition the section of the plot where the characters, settings and situation are introduced. In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the story begins with the narrator arriving to the house of Usher and finding that the place is gloomy almost like the setting of the house is dark and twisted. Poe’s (2017) gave an example of this,   “I know not how it was --but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say  insufferable   for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible.” (p.749)   I find the house to be one of the first characters that we are introduced to us because, of how much influence the house has over the other characters. The other characters never truly act on their own accord they are always influenced by the darkness of the house. This darkness that the house has over it creates this bad guy character like, in horror films with possessed houses. The other term I choose was Frame Narrative even though Usher’s child boyhood friend is never named he is the Frame Narrative he is telling a story inside a story through his own eyes. The whole story the narrative is telling his story about Usher's story in his own point of view or as seen through his own eyes.   2. Reply to this post made by classmate named Lacey: Christopher Columbus was an explorer and a colonist that made 4 trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, which is when he landed on the territories of the Native Americans. In the Letter of Discovery Christopher Columbus claims that he discovers series of islands. In my opinion Columbus nor Smith did not really “discover” the New World, people already lived there but both their journey still marked the journey of centuries. Christopher Columbus only cared about being remembered and being popular.  John Smith was an explorer and a soldier. John Smith seemed to have an open mind towards the Native Americans. John Smith dealings with Powhatan, Smith encountered many other tribes during his voyages. Most encounters were positive, ”.. ...

1. Reply to a classmate regarding their post; be sure to offer a new
quote or idea to keep the conversation flowing! Be sure to
quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate
APA format. Both responses must be at least 150 words.
1. Reply to this post made by classmate named Crystal:
“The Fall of the House of Usher.” Edgar Allen Poe writes a
twisted, morbid gothic tale of misery, sanity and a haunted
house. Poe’s writing engages the reader with morbid curiosity
and fascination “The Fall of the House of Usher,” draws you in
and keeps the reader to the very end. I believe that’s why Poe’s
works remain so popular even in today's culture. I personally
love all of Poe’s work and find the gothic nature of this story to
be very engaging. One of the terms I choose to apply to the
reading was, exposition the section of the plot where the
characters, settings and situation are introduced. In “The Fall of
the House of Usher,” the story begins with the narrator arriving
to the house of Usher and finding that the place is gloomy
almost like the setting of the house is dark and twisted. Poe’s
(2017) gave an example of this,
“I know not how it was --but, with the first glimpse of the
building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I
say insufferable for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that
half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the
mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the
desolate or terrible.” (p.749)
I find the house to be one of the first characters that we are
introduced to us because, of how much influence the house has
over the other characters. The other characters never truly act

2. on their own accord they are always influenced by the darkness
of the house. This darkness that the house has over it creates
this bad guy character like, in horror films with possessed
houses. The other term I choose was Frame Narrative even
though Usher’s child boyhood friend is never named he is the
Frame Narrative he is telling a story inside a story through his
own eyes. The whole story the narrative is telling his story
about Usher's story in his own point of view or as seen through
his own eyes.
2. Reply to this post made by classmate named Lacey:
Christopher Columbus was an explorer and a colonist that made
4 trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, which is when he
landed on the territories of the Native Americans. In the Letter
of Discovery Christopher Columbus claims that he discovers
series of islands. In my opinion Columbus nor Smith did not
really “discover” the New World, people already lived there but
both their journey still marked the journey of centuries.
Christopher Columbus only cared about being remembered and
being popular.
John Smith was an explorer and a soldier. John Smith seemed to
have an open mind towards the Native Americans. John Smith
dealings with Powhatan, Smith encountered many other tribes
during his voyages. Most encounters were positive, ”...they
boldly demanded what we were, and what we would; but after
many circumstances they seemed very kind…" John Smith then
sought an investment in the New World commercial venture and
joined the London Company.
I think they are both reliable narrators, based on the facts they
experienced.

3. For citations and references The Norton Anthology American
Literature (shorter ninth edition) Beginnings to 1865 MUST be
used.