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We all experience things in our lifetimes that influence the way we act, feel, or think. For an author, life experiences have a great impact on their work. The writer's feelings and opinions are apparent in their pieces. Edgar Allan Poe was considered to be one of ....

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.... he did not care. When Poe entered the University of Virginia Allan didn’t send him adequate amounts of money. This, in turn, drove Poe to gambling for books and clothes. John Allan had, at different times, refused to pay Poe’s debts. He was forced to work in a job he didn’t want, and eventually John Allan disowned him permanently. The male figures in his life were not the only ones to cause Poe grief. Poe also had disappointments with the women in his life, not with rejection but with death. Throughout Poe’s life the women that he loved died at an early age, starting with his birth mother. Poe lost several women in his life, ....