The Brilliant and Unique Writing Styles of Poe and Updike In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Updike's "A & P" the main characters, a crazed man as the narrator Sammy a supermarket clerk use a detailed description to make the reader feel what is taking place. The authors use different narrative styles, such as word or sound repetition to illustrate the events. The way in which Poe uses repetition of sounds and descriptive words such as "…showed first 75 words of 976 total…

…showed last 75 words of 976 total…he was in the situation of being a teenager maturing and making an important and critical decision in his young life. Updike uses the perfect language to fit a teen and to get the message across to reader of his growing up in the story. Together Edgar Allan Poe and John Updike create an atmosphere for their readers to feel and understand what is taking place by their use of language. **Bibliography** English Literature-Poe's Raven