father may have been just one of many people who strongly offended Edgar to the point that he would write a story describing his revenge. Though life began to look up for a few years later, the tragedy of his earlier years continued to haunt him in other ways, as he grew older. The Allan's were very kind to Edgar's mother as she was ill, and they took in Edgar after her passing. At this point, he was separated from his sister Rosalie. She went to live with another family that cared for Eliza. The Allan's were a moderately well to do family. Mr. Allan started a merchandising chain with a friend, Charles Ellis. The Allan's never adopted Edgar, though he did have his security that was never felt at home (Knapp 12). When the wars were over in 1815, the family moved to London to open an office and expand their business. "Edgar was sent to the Misses Dubourg's Boarding School" (Knapp 13). He did very well there and when he was done, he was enrolled in Manor School. Poe became the head of his class at age nine (Knapp 13).The business became less profitable and the Allan family had to move back to Richmond. It was the return that really scared Poe. "He later wrote "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" to show his fear of this journey" (Knapp 13). This example alone shows that his writings were based off of real life events that are taken into his mind, twisted, and spit back out in the form of a story (Knapp 13).Upon the return to Richmond, Poe enrolled in Joseph H. Clarke School. This is where his writing began. Poe transferred to Burke's Academy where he became associated with the high-class people of Richmond. It was here that Poe began to realize that he was not of high class and he grew bitter and angry inside. "Although he was very intelligent and performed very well at school, his classmates would take advantage of him" (Knapp 14). On the outside, he remained calm and restrained, but on the ...
