Question

In a well-developed paragraph compare Poe’s theme in “The Premature Burial,” to something you’ve experienced, observed, or read about. Be sure to use specifics noted in your reading journal and in your response

Answer 1

Once, as a child, my father and I were playing in the sandbox. We were laughing, playing, enjoying ourselves, when suddenly he asked if I would like to be buried. And so, it began. He started with the feet. The sensation was cold but enjoyable. Next, he worked his way up my legs. Slowly, but surely. Eventually he covered my groin and lower chest with the thick dark sand. I was just loving every minute of it. My father's hands were all over the beach like mound that was now my body, patting it down. Little did I know, there was danger ahead. It was then, that my father got.... SAND IN MY MOUTH!!!! Oh, what an awful sensation that was! I just knew this wonderful man had been transformmed into a bringer of death. He was going to bury me alive! I spat out the now muddy gooey substance in my mouth and got up and ran from my father. It was the scariest expierience of my life. I would later found out my father had no intentions of burying me alive.

Answer 2

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