Discussion: Friends Forever?

Respond to these questions. Cite evidence from the text to support your positions. Then, respond to two of your peers’ posts by explaining a new understanding or connection you made after reading each post.

What is the story saying about friendship?
How is the story’s theme revealed through the actions of the characters and the changes the characters undergo?
How is the theme revealed through the words, images, and symbols that the author uses?
What other works have you read or seen that address similar themes or that employ language, images, and symbols in similar ways?

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."

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poe’s time at the academy was financed by his foster father, john, meaning that poe needed his foster father’s permission in order to drop out if he wanted to. unfortunately, poe’s relationship with his foster father was soon on the rocks again after john married his second wife, louisa patterson.

i was just learning about this in language arts a week ago. edgar poe makes lots of wonderful books, too.