We are still reading the short stories out of "Nevermore". The latest two that I read was "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-tale Heart". These short stories both seemed very strange to me. The way that they changed them from the original version also struck me as very odd.
In the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" they really didn't change that much about it except they tried to make it a little bit more modern. They tried to make it sound like some rock star was crazy and they also mention that he thought at first that he could be using drugs again, which kind of gave it a more of a modern twist. It was also weird how they really didn't build on who the girl was. In the old version the guy that came to visit was trying to take the girl away but her brother stopped them. In this one she dies and then one night she wakes up and then the house falls down. It was just way to short for me to like and the pictures where really weird looking.
The short story "The Tell-tale Heart" I found it very interesting that they made the murder the one that had trouble with eye sight. In the old version it is the man that is murdered that has a weird eye and that is the reason that he is murdered because the person can not stand it looking at him. In this version they also made it so she was wearing the clothes that she killed the man in, which completely gave her away as the murderer. I like how in the old version he was completely clear and them the detective sat down and talked to the guy and he kept thinking that he heard a heart beating and it drove him mad until he confused. In this version it was kind of the opposite since she was going to be found guilty anyway but then she just lead the cops to the body since she thought it was still alive.
These stories that are in the "Nevermore" book seem even stranger then the way that Edgar Allan Poe used to write them. These books are just a little to weird for me to enjoy
I totally agree with this rendition of The Tell-tale Heart. I really enjoyed the way this story was told this time. For one it wasn't a male killer but rather a female. The motives behind the killings were totally different when you compare them so they kind of make them two totally different stories but still the same with the ending. With both stories the killer was driven mad with the thumping of the heart of their victim. This heart thumping of course wasn't real but rather something just in the head of the killer. I loved what the killer in the book said when she pulled out the victim out of her locker which was somewhere along the lines of how can there be a murder when there is still a heartbeat? haha. I just love that she said that. You know someone is mad when they think someone is still alive when they, themselves, stabbed the victim to death.
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