Introduction
This narration describes a new form of the United States. Although the story is written in ancients times, it is clearly demonstrates the new America after the invention of new scientist with the ability to identify the cause of a death. This is justifiable in the part were Roderick fear that the doctor might come and unbury the body of her sister and examine it (post mortem). Adding to this, the issue of individuals living a haunted life is common in America. Gothic life and individuals living in abandoned houses has risen in the new form of America and this was the main theme in this story. For example, according to Poe, the house that Roderick lived was an abandoned house (haunted palace).
The major comparison of the fall of the house of Usher and America is gothic lifestyle. In America there is the rise of Goth life with rock Goth isolating themselves from the other individuals. This was the same story with feature of Goth featuring every place that the narrator visited. For example, the narrator defines the haunted palace with horrific images that he spotted in the wall, the music instrument scattered all over. This is usual with Goth life you can find in majority of the Goth people living in America in 21st century.
Finally, this narration is about experience of an individual inside a house that everyone in this undeveloped location feared. The narrator is invited by Roderick to go and assist him to aid his sister who was ill. According to Poe, he it was a shocker to the state to which he found inside mad Trist.
Work cited:
Kennedy, X J, and Dana Gioia. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Boston: Pearson, 2013. Print.
Carlson, Eric W. Critical Essays on Edgar Allan Poe. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall, 1987. Print.
