Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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.

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