In a well-developed paragraph, analyze poe’s theme in “the premature burial.” your paragraph should state the theme in one sentence. what specific story elements (plot, setting, characters, or conflict) are essential in developing the theme? be sure you use specifics from the text that you noted in your reading journal in writing your response.

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u. s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.