To begin with, the two texts are similar in mood and pacing. According to both Poe’s text and Neathery’s text, the mood was calm at the beginning, suspicious in the middle of the story, and shocked at the end. Evidence of calmness is seen in Poe’s text as it states, “Hearken! And observe how healthily- how calmly I can tell you the whole story. A piece of evidence in Neathery’s text that also supports the mood of calmness in the story is,