Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His parents, David Poe and Elizabeth Arnold Poe were poverty struck parents so he was born into poverty. Two years after Poe was born his mother died from tuberculosis. Poe then had to be put up for adoption and was later on adopted by

From this short biography of Poe, you can see where he gets his imagination of murder, mystery and horror. Having lived a troubled life he formed a dark imagination in which he wrote successful stories of horror and mystery. The most important contribution his detective stories make to the development of the short story is made up a story’s central theme and structure by which the reader perceives that merging structure and pattern. The detective stories are Poe’s best example of works in which questions of interpretation are not outside the story but are involved in every stage of the narrative development.

All of this is the basis of mystery and detective stories today. These features became a major influence after Poe’s death, all the way up to present time. In most detective books, movies, or television shows these days, all the features of Poe’s stories are used. The best example is Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. These characters, created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886, are all derived from Poe’s works. Holmes is the intellectual detective with his sidekick Dr. Watson and Holmes uses his brain to solve the case. These are the best recreations of Poe’s characters.

Poe wrote these stories in a way so that the reader can become and think like the detective to try to figure out the crime before the detective does and then see if they were right. He cleverly adds the sidekick in the story to help the reader if he or she is confused. Because the sidekick knows less than the detective, the reader can relate to him and thus understand and better follow the story. He wants the reader to be able to read his stories and look back and say to themselves that they could have figured it out.

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