My own haunted story

      Edgar Allen Poe has a crazy imagination and his stories keep readers interested and confused. If I were to create my own story I would definitely look at his stories to get ideas of some things he incorporates  to create  the extreme sense of horror.
        Five things that caught my eye in "the house of usher" that I would copy for my own would be an abundant use of imagery, having some sort of perverted situation, use of suspense, having a psychopath of course , and  symbolism. These five things are crucial when creating a horror story and that's why  I'd choose them.
        First of all  I'd use imagery to go deeper into events and characters and create a mood that keeps readers interested. I also would use some sort of perverted incident that  is  unusual so that it freaks out the readers and  makes them want to continue reading because of its unholiness. I'd use suspense to provoke intense feelings and use it when the most important events are about to happen. Id definitely have a psychopath to be causing ruckus and doing all the messed up things. Lastly id use symbolism to show a web of cause and effect and id use it because everything would be done for reasons and it would all connect and also creating more suspense.  Incorporating these into my story wouldn't make it as great as Poe's but they are needed to create a story like his.
        Although this is what Poe is know for,  I would do some things in my story differently. One thing would be to make the deaths more clear and go into depth on what happens to the people for them to die and  more in depth about what happens after. Id do this because in "the house of usher" it was confusing to me about what happened with Madeline when she died. The second thing id do would make a person do all the haunting.  Yes having the house do it is original and creates a more spooky mood there's nothing the people can do to keep themselves safe. Therefore it will end in disaster since one person could not destroy the hauntedness of the house. Those are the two things I would want to do differently when creating my story.

USA's obsession with finding faults in leaders

  

        

    From the 16th president to the president now, one thing has remained the same and that is the USA’s obsession with finding faults. In Lincoln's presidency the people of the US were obsessed with finding faults and eventually that led to him being assassinated. And still today, the people of the US are obsessed with finding faults in Obama. Who knows what the faults of Obama will lead to, but it’s evident that its hurting our nation. Damage can be seen through major division in the country, people revolting, and assassination threats.

         Lincoln was the 16th president of the USA and he was president in 1861, he was a republican. Back then the political parties had an abundance of opposition. The people of the USA were obsessed with finding faults, even in the 1800’s. Popular faults were aimed toward how he only cared about needs of the north, the succession of several states, and his plans for slavery. There was already evident and major division in the US at this time, but this only made it worse. People obviously revolted and planned many attacks on Lincoln. And because of the USA’s obsession with finding faults, it led him to get assassinated. This proves that the obsession the USA has harms the nation.

        

       Obama is currently the president of the USA and he also is the first African American president, who is a democrat. To this day the people of the USA are still obsessed with finding faults in our nations leaders. Popular faults are aimed towards his race, the way he handles issues, and his health care plan. This has caused harm to the nation by creating division, although that's inevitable because of our two-party system. The obsession with finding faults in Obama don't seem as if they will end in death but people have revolted and its evident that its hurt our nation. This issue seems as if it’ll never be solved.

        In conclusion, the USA’s obsession with finding faults in our leaders has hurt the nation, by causing divisions, riots, and deaths. This has been an issue since 1861, and to this day the same issue is occurring with same results following. It’s evident that this issue wont change, especially since we have a two-party system, their is always going to be people that disagree and that leads them to attack the character and find faults

Ichabod Crane and Blair Waldorf

                

       After reading “sleepy hollow” it was evident that Ichabod Crane was an anti-hero. His actions and characteristics resemble the ones of Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl. They are both anti-heros because of their extreme greed, envy, and pride.

       Ichabod Crane and Blair Waldorf are both greedy because they both focus on the things to help them and make them better, and they wont stop until they get what they want. they always want more. Ichabod is mad with the desire for wealth, power, and status. All he wants to be is rich, same as Blair. The way they both go about gaining wealth, power, and status is wrong and they both don't realize the damage they cause by acting like this. Their greed also gets them into troubles along the way when trying to get what they want.

        Envy is also a characteristic they share. Ichabod shows envy when trying to be as wealthy as Baltus. Although he could find other ways to get rich all he wants is to marry Baltus’ daughter. All because he envy's their wealth. Blair becomes the same way when a designer starts to become more popular than her company and she try's to destroy that company. That's the wrong thing to do because she could just improve her company but instead she wants to destroy someone else's because she envy's theirs.

         Ichabod and Blair are also very prideful. They both think and know that they are powerful and they take advantage of that when it comes to what they want. Although they have done bad things and people realize that, it doesn't go un noticed and that makes people talk about it more and all that does is increase their pride. Pride is always a good thing to have because it only makes you more confident, but these two people are very prideful of the wrong things and bad things they've done.