This article describes how Edward Lear’s life affected his writing. As a young boy he worked as an ornithological draftsman, which lead him to his love for birds. Lear was unsettled by his self appearance because he had an “unattractive nose and poor eyesight, couple with his fruitless hope to marry” (Livingston 1). Lear wrote “The Dong with a Luminous Nose” to show how he hollow because his nose is not perfect. He died a lonely bachelor, but wrote about love as a fantasy to his life.