Roxana Aguilar English 2 Final Exam

I most likely agree with the article "Poe's Death is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not telltale Alcohol," because the story seems more accurate to me. Poe obviously had problems with drinking when he was young. But now in his early thirties to his early forties, he basically always avoided the alcohol.

When they seen him in a bar on Lombard Street they just assumed that he was drinking alcohol and that he was drunk. He was probably wearing someone else's soiled clothes because maybe his got stolen. Poe was just falsely accused of bad conduct. It really isn't fair being accused of something that you used to do a long time ago, but no longer do anymore.

In the hospital Poe must've been pale in the face, but that is not because of him being drunk. He was pale in the face because he was sick and he had a disease. There was also no actual evidence of him being bitten by an animal an Poe didn't recall ever being bitten by an animal.

Poe being in the hospital was a tragic thing becuase no one really knew why he was sick. When Poe was at the hospital he was hallucinating and yelling at things that weren't really there. Moran tried asking Poe questions but Poe didn't reply with a truthful answer. Instead, he replied with answers he thought to be true or things he imagined.

Poe died because he was either an alcoholic or because he had a disease known as rabies. My thoughts I think that Poe had a disease and that is why he died because he did avoid drinking alcohol. No one really had good evidence that he was drunk other than his appearance. That would be my opinion about that story being most accurate.

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Adam Kienas ENG 2 - FINAL EXAM

After reading the stories of the two Poe theories, I am going to conclude he had died of alcoholism. Also with the lack of a cut or scratch, it lessons the chance of rabies by far. People need to realize Poe’s drunken history and that rabies would have been treated instead of ignored in the hospital. All stories suggest the death of this man sick, but what caused this was the carelessness of himself.
Reading the stories, it only sounds like Benitez is trying to find any other way to go against the alcohol theory. Why does he not share any of Poe’s animal history? The only animal that appears in the story is the cat, but how did the cat pass the rabies without a scratch or cut? Rabies also causes series affects that would have been noticed by Doctor Moran and hospital staff. And if not the cat, what? Poe has bee trying to beat being an alcoholic with proof of family letters.
I believe with him being drunk made him stupid and careless, just like drunk driving. He was ignorant to the weather and turned up in “soiled” clothing, which possible made him very ill on top of the drinking. How do we know how long he was out before he was found? It is a very possible and reliable conclusion to Edger Allen Poe’s death. Finally, being drunk for a period of time and getting sick from weather caused Poe’s death, according to my information, and the stories information. Poe caused his own life with his recklessness.

Gloria Trujillo Eng.2(8)- final exam

Acccording to Poe's death, there are two theories that explains how Poe died. One theory was that he died because of being drunked posioned. the other theory was that, although he didnt have any bitten mark, he had rabies. Both of them seem some what reasonable, but at the same time it just doesnt make sense. I really dont know which way he died but maybe by explaning them, they might make more sense.
In one of the theroies, they said that Poe was drunk posioned. It was said that there was heavy rain and cold wind in Baltimore. Poe was at the bar with used cloths with a blank look on his face. A taxi guy decided to take him to the hospital because he needed to go. While he was in the hospital, the docters said that experienced some wierd syptoms. Four dats later he died.
The other theory was that he had rabies when he died. Dr. Micheal Benitz says that it was true that he was at the bar and wearing used cloths, but he was not drunk.He said that the way Poe died was not the way it was not written in the newspaper. They are postive that he did not die because he was drunk posioned. All they need is the symptoms he had and a diagnosis and they can prove it.

Final Exam Essay

There was different stories in how Poe died. I think Edgar Allen Poe died. I believe that he died by alcoholism. Many people think that he died from rabies from his cat that soonly died. I aslo think that the alcohol started the temor and was causing him of see things. There was no evidence of or any sight of the bit markings. There was no proof of anything.

He was acting funny and wierd. He wanted to start a fight and at the begining he said he had an alcolholism promble when he was younger. Poe was acting strange and many people were feeling like they don't know what was wrong or what was happeing to him.

Poe had many supports on his side especially his couisn that became his wife. Like his cousin Henry Herring. And the doctors were doing the best they can to help hi. They said that he was a great man. He's been working around in soiled clothes and a soiled hat. No one really understands him. When he was hella and screaming and yelling out "lord take me amd my epired"!

Nissa Douglas-- Eng 2final exam

I believe the story Poe's Final Days is the most believable because it tells you pretty much what happened to him from the time he left Richmond to his death. The storytells you first how he got on the boat and on the boat they have no idea what he was up to. Then he got to Baltimore and in Gunner's Hall he must of been wearing "castoff clothing" because he wasn't wearing his own.
I think he died because of to much alcohol. He was delerious and had tremors. Dr. John J. Moran said he belives he had mania a potu, its an alcoholic state which the victum gets irrational and may become violent. Mania a potu is latin and means "madness from drinking."
In other stories/articles it says Poe had a fever before he left Richmond. And that they think it might be rabies that caused his death. But what I don't get about that is how did he get it. you never know he might of had rabies and alcohol poisoning. He could of been to drunk to know what happend to himself. Its also said in one story he could have been exposed to the wind and rain etc.
So in conclusion i am with the doctors about how he died. All the facts are there. He had almost every symptom. So therefor he must of died from alcohol.

La`Shayda Barnes -- ENG2(8) -FINAL EXAM

Edgar Allen Poe died September 23,1849. His death has remained a mystery for many many years. There is plenty of different articles on Poe`s death. No one really knows how Poe passed.

Some articles say Poe could of had a case of Rabies,Encephalitis. There is no evidence or signs of the disease. Poe had a cat, but she did not test for Rabies. It is worth noting that there was no available vaccine for pest at the time.

Another article says Poe had left Richmond September 27, a Thursday to set ouyt for Baltimore on the 4 a.m steamer. Yet known Poe was announced dead in another article on Sep.23. Joseph Walker saw him at the Gunners hall, a Baltimore Tavern. Poe was strangly dressed and Semiconscious. Family members were called and camer to the Tavern. Poe was not speaking or nothing at all.

Poe was then rushed to a hospital of Washington Medical College. He had a Delirium, a Tremor and a lot of other Diadnosis. Poe may have been to drunk to protect himself from the rain and wind and he was very sick. He was in the hospital for 4 days and was later pronounced dead.

Erik Soberano English 2 Final Exam

After reading the four theories, two of them are con to the Michael Benitez's theory. They both say that some of the information in the Michael Benitez theory is wrong. The other theory has less contraversy but goes to the point of the explation and proof of Poe's death. In that story it shows the exact dates and times and people that affect Poe's death.

IN Kennth Silverman's story, it has said that at 4 a.m. of September 27, a Thursday. Poe was found on the street dressed strangely and was semiconcious therefore being drunks causes it. Making him more ill was the weather of Baltimore of the wind a rain. It has said that on other ocassions he has been drunk before and acted really differently.

Maybe the gothic windows helped him and his delusion. Alcohol makes people htink of things and ''see'' things. Arrivingat the hospital it was said he looks stupor maybe cause by the alcohol. Another symptom was that he had a pale face and was drenched in sweat. He also talked constantly with jibberish and was very delusional.

After Poe's conditions bettered, he was questioned about his family and his answers were so called "cohereted". Most likely caused by the alchol. Poe was helped by Moran trying to keep him alive and well. After Moran got back POe was very violent.

My reasonings wht the cause of Poe's death has much proof in the text. It is said the the history of his life has many alocholic events. His relatvies were aslo affected by his alcoholism. The many events of his history with alochol may have gave him his toll by dying by it. With all that information, I say that he died of alcoholism and not rabies.

Zuleica Hernandez eng2 Final Exam

They say Edgar Allan Poe did not die drunk. They said,'' it might of been rabies. He was supposeably been at a bar the day before he was unconcious. They had found him the day after and he was found at the bar unconcious. That day they took him to the hospital. He had new symptoms everyday until 4 days from the day he was found he died.

They had said,'' that poe was sensitive to alcohol. When he was young he would drink alot. He watched his drinking. So there was no way he had died drinking. He would refuse alcohol or water he would have difficulty drinking it. They studyed that about one fourth of rabie victims cannot remember bieng bitten.

They say poe almost surely did not die of alcohol poisioning or withdrawal. He was so sensitive to alcohol that a glass of wine would get himill for days. So i think that he might gotten bittin by something that had contained rabies. And didnt show until a while. The symptoms of rabies dont show i think till a year later from having it.

What i think happened was that maybe the cat he had may have contained rabeis. And had probably bit him or scrathed him. They saud that one or poes family members left the cat in bronx . The cat then later died of starvation. I think he did have rabies and died from it.

GABRiELA RENTERiA ENG2(8)-FiNAL EXAM

POE'S FiNAL DAYS TO ME iS THE MOST BELIEVABLE. THE FACTS THAT THEY GiVE YOU iN THAT BiOGRAPHY OF HiS LAST DAYS ARE VERY REALAiSTiC.
POE (iN HiS YOUNGER DAYS) WOULD GET VERY VERY iLL iF HE DRANK EVEN A LiTTLE BiT OF WiNE,AND THAT WAS WHY NOW THAT HE WAS OLDER HE ALWAYS TRiED TO STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL, BECAUSE HE NEW WHAT IT COULD/WOULD CAUSE.iM WiTH THiS STOREY BECAUSE THERE ARE DOCTERS FROM UNiVERSiTiES AND SENiOR DOCTERS GiViNG yOU THE FACTS.
DR.SNOODGRASS SAiD iT WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE DRiNkiNG.OTHER DOCTERS SAiD HE WAS HALLUCiNATiNG, AND TREMBELiNG WiCH iNDiCATES "MANU `A POTU" AN ALCHOHOLIC StATE iN WiCH THE ViCTiMN BEHAVES iRRATiONALLI AND SOMTiMES ViLONTLY HALLUCiNATES AND TREMBLES, THE NAME iTSELF iS lATiN FOR ''MADNESS FROM DRiNkiNG.
A SENiOR PHYSiCiAN DiAGNOSED POES CONDiTiON AS ENCEPHALATiS, A BRAin iNFLAMMATiON BROUGHT ON BY EXPOSURE.
FOR EXAMPLE A COLD. BUT HOW WOULD HE GET A COLD?
ELMiRA SHELTON HAD SAID HE HAD A FEVER BY THE TiME HE LEFT RiCHMOND.
THESE FACTS STiLL DO NOT CONTRADiCT EACHOTHER. EDGAR ALLEN POE COULD HAVE BEN TO DRUNk TO PROTECT HiMSELF FROM THE WiND AND RAiN. CAUSiNG HiM TO GET A COLD.
iM GOiNG TO HAVE TO AGREE WiTH THE MANY DOCTORS AND PHYSISIANS THAT SAiD THAT POE HAD DiED FROM DRiNkiNG WAY TOO MUCH ALCOHOL. THE FACTS ARE THERE, THE PROOF iS THERE.EVRYTHinG TO MAkE ME bELiEVE HE DiED FROM ALCOHOL IS THERE.THATS ALL THE PROOF i NEED.

guillermo becerra eng2 final exam

Was close on dying of alcohol poisoning. Near death although no one knows what is the cause of death. They think he died of alcohol poisoning, But I think that they are dumb cause if i was there i would have probably have found out why he died. But they took time on finding out.
And knowing a man that drinks allot probably gets drunk if you drink a lot and alcohol poisoning comes with other things not just one thing that is alcohol poisoning. When you get alcohol poisoning you end up getting sick or a virus in you cause you drank allot. Your stomach goes crazy you can feel it in your stomach.
Poe really dies of rabies but he was at the hospital foe r a long time thinking that he had alcohol poisoning. And really was in the hospital dying of alcohol poisoning. If i was there I would have told him what was he doing that night cause other things have happened. And what happened eofre he drank and why he drank. I would have told him lots of stuff so i can get where ad found out lots of stuff on how he got sick.
He dies of rabies not of alcohol poisoning. In the hospital for a long time. I really think that he died of time and no cures that help. If they would have found out earlier he would have been better and well he would have been here cause that was in the 1800's so he would have died any way. So yeah I think that i would have taking lses time to find out what happened. And if earier there would have been a cure for rabies.

Krystle Tufts Eng2 Final Exam

Everyone thought that Edgar Allen Poe died of rabbies. They also thougth that it was alchol. They said alot of thingslike he got robbed of his colthes and walk into a ditch. I don't think he died from rabbies. I think he died of alchol.

They said that there were no bite wounds of sny animal. They thought the cat had rabbies but they don't know for sure. The doctor said he was yelling at imaginary objects. Yeah rabbies can kill you but they said that rabbies causes you to itch and go numb. Later the doctor said that he had brain damage, usally caused by alchol.

Not only that someone said that he gets abusive when he drinks. If he got mean alot that means he was probably drunk. Maybe the reason why his colthes were ruined is because he probably got into a fight because he was drunk. The doctor said his cat was hungry, starved, and lonely. Maybe the reason why was he was drunk and did not care.

I think the author was trying to figure out what really happened. He was giving evidence on what happened. I think he thought that the rabbies had killed him because he seems to back that up alot and or talk about it. When he talks about the story he makes the alchol faulty and doesn't give alot of evidence on that. The author puts up a good argument that's why I think that the alchol was the cause of Edgar Allen Poe.

Mayra Rivas Eng 2-Final Exam

I think Poe has rabies but not only Poe. but in the past 20 years their has been around 33 reports about the rabies cases. But only 24 percent of them could know anything also the animals.
This story is good because it gives you good explanations like the setting. it also tells you like who was involved and what happened.
It tells you who Poe is and Poe is the guy who got rabies. And Poe is the one who has rabies and Caterina is scared and angry.
The cat gave rabies to Poe and so Poe died and thats when Caterina got really mad. So she tried getting the vaccine medicine and the medicine is a shot that you get for getting bit by a dog.
A diognostics is not always easy or straight-forward. The incubation period in humans may be as long as a year, if the inoculation is small and occurs on the hand or foot. Thus the lack of evidence of a bite or scratch is not inconsistent with diagnosis.

Graciela Pedroza English 2008-Fianl Exam

How did Poe really die? Well, some say that he died of Rabies. Some say that he died of some sickness their trying to find out. Also they said that he died of too much drinking, then died 4 days later on. No one really knows hoe Poe died! But waht I think is that he died of too much drinking.

The way I think he died was because at a young age he started to drink. Before he died, before the 4 days he died, they found him outside of a bar. Near all the trash cans. So they took him to a hospital and said that there was no alcohol in his system. But how do they know he wasn't laying there for days, weeks, or maybe even months? Even though they said that every time he would see wine or anyhting considered as alcohol he would be sick for like a month by just drinking a cup. What if he took some pills so they wouldn't find him drunk in the hospital.

Well the article that I just read say that he died of several things like Rabies. Well they said that he had a cat living with him. But when Poe died they went to his house to see if his cat had Rabies or not? Well unfortunately his cat did not have anything wrong with him. Also Poe did not no bite or scratch for him to get Rabies. Rabies don't just pop out of nowhere!

So there are some of my facts, about Poe. So waht I really think hoe Poe died is drinking too much. How did Poe die? His death stays a mystery.

Jessica Voyles ENG 2-Final Exam

I believe both articles. Simply because both seem very logical if they're put together. I think the relatives of Poe did find him by a bar with alcohol in his system but I dont think he died from drinking too much. There are sources that have said Poe was not a heavy drinker, only in his younger days.
I also dont believe that Poe's cat gave him rabies, but that some other animal from sometime ago had bit him, because the doctor that cared for him those four days did not find bite marks and believed that he was not dying from alcohol but from a case of rabies because he had all the signs of it.
But it's still a mystery on the real reaon he died he did not have any bite marks that they know of and also had to same behaviors as a person with delrium tremens. The true story can also not be revealed because of the lack of medical advances.
Which brings me to my theory of Poe's death. I believe he had rabies and never knew. And one night he decided to drink a little more then usual which triggered his syptoms of rabies.And died four days later.

Victoria Najera English-2008 Final Exam

I think this is the correct theroy "Radies Death Theory" because it tells us alot. It has alot of detal. For example when it happen. Who it was. Where and why he got it.
Others don't really make alot of sence to me there confusing how he died. They change what happen and talk about things that shouldn't have been in there, that don't really help.
It also tells you that other people got rabies too. That bats subtypes have been seen that they have rabies and they found that rabis have been transmitted at that time.
He was dignosis easy striaght foward. The lack of evidence of a bite or scratch is not inconsisten with the diagnosis. There is a small incolation that occurs on the hand or foot.
So thats basicly why i think this theoy is true. It was hard to choose one because there was one that was like the same. This theory for me was the most realalistc. So i think rabies killed Poe.

Natasha Santos English 2-Final Exam

I think Poe was killed by "Rabies" instead of all the other diseases people had said he had. Because they mentioned he had "Rabies" twice in the stories. Then on the other diseases in only mentioned them once.
Then on this story they said things about where it happened, why, whom, what and how. It said alot of detail in the story. And I also like how the the people explained it.
It explained how people around him got "Rabies" too. Then the bats subtypes have been seen that they have "Rabies" also. The people found "Rabies" transmitted at the time.
The diagnosis is not always easy or straight forward. The incubation period in humans maybe as long as a year, if the inoculation is small and occurs on the hand or foot. The lack of evidence of a bit or scratch is not inconsistent with the diagnosis.
So that's why I think he died of "Rabies". Beacause alot of people also got very effected. Then also bats got it. So it could of been very dangerous around that time.

LASHALA ROBINSON FINAL EXAM englis 2

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Blanca Reyes ENG 2(8)-FINAL EXAM

I think that Poes death was caused from drinking. While reading one of the passages while I dont believe that drinking can make you that siverly dilusional. It was probly enough to make him carless against the weather witch to me seems more realistic and possible.
The reason I have come to believe that Rabies was not the cause of death is because I think he would have died sooner. Not only because he would have had the poison inside of his body but his body probly wouldnt have been able to handle it while also trying to stay alive against the rain and wind.By then i think that his body would have given out.
If it would have also been Rabies I believe the hospital would have reacted differently to help him. And in the artical that followed Poe the most wand gave more detail about his behavior. It had no information about him suffering from wounds. It just seems like a story that was over exagerated over time with barly any evedence.
Poes death was more likly to have been caused from Alchohal poisioning , and Hypothermia in the late stages. The Rabies story also doesnt give logical reasoning that would make it more believe able . The story lacks to much evedence and contains tomany gaps. Which is why i believe he didnt die from it.

Elizabeth Rodriguez- ENG 2(8) - Final Exam

Many people come to the United States to achieve the "American Dream." People say the American Dream is to have money, own a house, to have a good job and to be successful. In my opinion I think the American Dream is an illusion but sometimes I think it's both reality and illusion. People who come from other countries to the U.S.A most of them come because they want a better life and this country has a lot of opportunities. My parents brought my brothers and I to the U.S.A to obtain a better education, go to college and to become successful but I see that my brothers didn't want any of the opportunities that were offered to them because they have rocks on their brains and don't think right. Now they have to work very hard in construction to get paid good. Me on the other hand, I'm about to graduate from high school on Friday and I'm going to college this fall 2008.
I think you can accomplish the "American Dream" anywhere. I just think it's up to what type of person you are and how hard you are willing to work. If you really want something you just have to work hard and never give up. People just find it easier to come here to the U.S.A because there's more help. The "American Dream" is not only here, it's everywhere and its what everybody wants.
The relationship with the "American Dream" and Gatsby is that Gatsby was a very ambitious perso. He wanted to be wealthy to attract the girl of his dreams. He became very rich and he had it all but the love of his life. Eventhough he had all the money he wanted he wasn't happy. He had came from another country to become successful and have money, so that's how I think it relates to the "American Dream."
Overall the "American Dream" to me is just an illusion. You can become successful anywhere you want if you really wanted to. With dedication, perseverance, and hard work you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. There's people out there that don't want you to be successful and it's not easy but you have to learn to ignore them and keep in mind what it is that you want.