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You are talking about yourself and the sentence is structured to include me. My in those sentences just sounds wrong.
But our political compact, our social contract<span>, is under real strain.</span>
A perfect class room pet would be a gerbil because it is easy to take care of. It is also very small so it won’t take up a lot of space. Another reason would be that a gerbils cage is very easy to clean out.
As there is no passage to compare to Poe´s story,here is a list of some characteristics of Gothic literature that may help you to compare both texts:
The main traits of Gothic literature are mystery and the presence of supernatural elements. Like in the "the Raven", Gothic style aims at creating a mood of fear, anxiety, terror and /or horror by playing with reality. The reader will soon be questioning what is written.This chaos of intrincate plots is narrated in an elaborate writing style.