Flash Circle

I always knew that Poe had an unusual way of telling stories, but after reading “Murder in the Rue Morgue “it was instantly clear that he created a new genre for the detective story. The killer was so unlikely in the story; I would have never thought that it would have been an orang-otang. In Flash circle I was sure that it would have been the paperboy, because although the owner of the dog was an alcoholic he searches for his dog after the disappearance.

In the story, the town realizes how all these racoons are ending up dead. Many people believed that dead raccoons were from an alien experiment and others believe that it was teenagers who were at fault.One morning they found a dead dog belonging to an old man with a drinking problem. Throughout the story the detective is trying to figure out who is responsible, whether it was the paperboy, teenagers, or the owner himself. The owner of the dog searches for his dog even after he knows he is dead At the end it is revealed that it was the owner himself who killed the dog. He confesses to his crime and receives his punishment.