Edgar Allan Poe was abandoned by both of his father's, in result of that, they affected his life greatly. First off, according to the biography video, Poe’s father abandoned his family when he was only a year old leaving his mother struggling to provide for her three children, performing tons of shows until she contracted tuberculosis. Right off the bat, Poe was left with no father figure, lacking daily needs, and barely getting to spend time with his mother until she gets sick and leaves him as well. At not yet three years old, Poe was left alone, separated from everything familiar to him. Secondly, as stated in the first article, “he never quite meshed with John.” (1) There was always, what seemed like, a huge barrier between Poe’s foster