Poe

I am a big fan of all of Poe's stories, but my favorite of all time is The Tell Tale Heart. I have read this story a few times and recently was able to teach it in my placement classroom. The eighth grade class that I am assigned to was doing a short story unit and when I was asked to choose a story I chose The Tell Tale Heart because it seems to be very entertaining for people of all age levels. The students loved it because it was like watching a really scary movie in school but reading it. Having a story like this one that can keep students attention while showing them what good writing looks like was very beneficial to them. His writing is somewhat difficult but the way Poe gives details in his stories makes it easy for readers to understand what he is saying and what is happening in the story without actually understanding every word.
I was happy when I saw that this group decided to do The Tell Tale Heart as I feel like it is one of his best written stories. I enjoy the way that Poe gives so much suspense in the story and keeps readers hooked. The way that Poe uses short sentences really adds to the suspense in the story like readers do not know what is going to happen next. I  must say that my main reason as to why I love this story so much is the perspective it is told in. I love being in the mind of the psychotic killer because obviously I do not know how killers think. I liked how Poe just did not tell it from another person's perspective but let readers actually know what was going on before anything happened and how readers slowly get to see his breakdown take place.