The Truth Behind The Narrator Although it is widely believed that "The Fall of The House of Usher" is about Usher and his disease, the truth is that the story is really about the narrator. In a sense, the narrator generally symbolizes humans and basic human actions and desires. When people first read the story "The Fall of The House of Usher" they tend to believe that the story is about Usher, his sickness, his …showed first 75 words of 583 total…

…showed last 75 words of 583 total…status of his friend and the actual scary looking house. When the narrator arrived to the house he was thrilled with what he saw and wanted to learn more, this feeling grew stronger and stronger throughout the story with each new fact the narrator discovered. Also the idea of the terminal disease appealed to him because death in its nature is a very scary and mysterious idea that all humans are fascinated yet afraid from.