The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym The Power Of Reasoning

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Reason is a justification for an event by applying logic and verifying the facts. It is also a product of our thinking, a “logical” way of explaining things we see around us. Everything one experiences in their lives, they try to reason why things happen the way they do so one can increase their understanding of the world around them. However, in certain situations, reasoning can give you an explanation for the occurrence but once in the event, that logic may be interpreted wrongly by the senses. In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, by Edgar Allen Poe, “reason” acts as a violent and damaging illusion as perception causes a false impression on reality making the protagonist enter a stage of fear and rage. In the beginning of the novel, Augustus

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