Answer:
The lack of money, the rumors, the failure of investments and his wife's illness and early death may have influenced Poe's stories and poems.
Explanation:
Poe's stories and poems usually have dark and sad tones, with a melancholy atmosphere and a tone of horror. This may have been influenced by the dark moments in Poe's life. He spent a lot of time having to deal with the lack of money and the difficulty of maintaining himself economically, when this situation changed, he had to live with failures in his investments. In addition, his wife had a disease that progressively worsened, there were many rumors about him in the city and his wife died early, leaving Poe very sad and lonely.
Answer: Japanese Internment Camps
Explanation: Our county at the time was struggling with WWII, and the Japanese were a real threat. The US government had seen how clever and tactical the Japanese gov't was, and decided to imprison all Japanese people in the US. The prisoners were tortured and interrogated, for mostly no reason. There was a perceived threat, and the US gov't had been going full lockdown on safety since Pearl harbor. The perpetrators were probably the only ones responsible, as the mass of Japanese in the US at that time posed no threat.
I can not describe Hoopers character as revealed if I do not know what you are reading.
The correct answer they do not want the others to have false hope that someone else is on the island ☺