Poe versus Hawthorne, Comparing Writers

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There have always been comparisons ranging from players, books, and etc...

One comparison spoken about by sports reporters is between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and who was the best in their prime. Many reporters say Jordan because he was clutch and was the most competitive athlete they have ever seen. Other reporters say Kobe because he has a better jump shot than Jordan at his age and has to play along another superstar. Jordan never had to go through what Kobe is going through right now. Another comparison talked about is Capitalism and Communism and which political institution is the better one. Many people say communism is the way to go because everyone is equal and no rich person has an advantage in this system in contrast to Capitalism. People say Capitalism is the best because it is a democratic practices freedom, and people can amass wealth and can live a comfortable life because of it. The comparisons between the economical ideologies will be forever debated furiously, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The reason why I went out of the subject of English and mentioned these comparisons are because writers from past and present compare Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorn as being vastly different writes. They were both allegorical writers whose stories were giving a message to the reader, so in comparison there are in some text the same and only the way the write separates them.

Edgar Allan Poe was an allegorical writer whose stories often left the reader feeling tricked, more understanding of his personal tragedy, and messages in all his tales telling us something. One story that caught my eye was the "pit and the pendulum." It was a good and suspenseful story about a prisoner locke...

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...issues, and people to get an overview about certain perspective that have been skewed throughout time. Furthermore, it can make you learn about thing you never knew about people or the things they have done. It has its negative side because it has cause problems because opposing opponents have a certain belief and they are going to stick by it. Even though there are negative aspects about comparison, I feel I got, and gave positive views of the comparison of two very different writers who many thought were different. I thought their stories were totally opposite. Edgar Allan Poe was a tricky, dark, and guess what it is type of writer, comparing to Hawthorne whose style did with sin and mystery of it and moral lessons, they both were the same to me because both of them were allegorical in a sense that every story had a message for everybody to see and analyze.

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