Hi, everyone.
I have something really cool to share now that I'm back, in addition to my book review, which is also being done tomorrow. The theme of it is, 'Poe, Race, and Arthur Gordon Pym.'
Again, I wanted to talk about and compare/contrast "Descent into the Maelstrom' with Pym. How does Descent work or not work in the context of what we have been reading regarding Poe so far? Would one consider Pym to be a failure, Descent a success, and why? It is simply because its shorter and we're able to tolerate it more? How does this fit or not fit into the Poe canon? Would YOU put it in the Poe canon--why or why not?
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Pym and Descent are similiar in the fact that we are supposed to assume them both as true. I think that Descent might be more successful because the ideas are more realistic. Audiences might tend to believe a story about natural disasters, such as whirlpools and hurricanes, over one about pirates and giant turtles.
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