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1st part
Some people view him as strange, and some people view him as a normal person who just has insomnia.
2nd part
the author's idea that unless careful thought and reason are used it will lead to the destruction of civilized behavior
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An unnamed narrator approaches the house of Usher on a “dull, dark, and soundless day.” This house—the estate of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher—is gloomy and mysterious. The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it.
How do those lines apply to your life? This isn't a question that has one correct answer, but it could be figured that you eat bread right? If you're trying to be philosophical about it, you could talk about how the thunder accompanies the rain and plants are fed by rain, you are fed by plants therefore you shouldn't fear the thunder. This question is entirely up for interpretation.