John Updike's A&P and Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cat

There are numerous ways to write a story. It is up to the author how he/she wants to portray their story and write in specific tones that reveals to the reader whether it is meant to be read dripping with distain, or read in a gleeful way. In both Updike's A&P and Poe's The Black Cat, the use of language in these stories largely determine the impression the reader obtains about …

…person narration, there is a sense that you can connect with the narrator more for you're reading their story happening through their eyes. I feel that both Updike and Poe did an excellent job portraying the narrator in their stories. They both portrayed the characters well as well as their usage of language that set the tone of the piece, as though you are right there in the story experiencing everything yourself. By: Mika Mokko