Down in the Pit "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edger Allan Poe is a thrilling story about life in a dark pit or cell. This story shows that life isn't always great and the only thing that can save man from hell is god. The setting, irony, and point of view help express the theme. Down in the pit for only believing in his own faith. I was sick unto death with that long …showed first 75 words of 573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 573 total…death of the main character. The first person point of view helped express the story though the eyes of the victim. The situational irony made you think that the main character was going to die in the middle of the story. The point of the story was to show that the only thing that can save man from hell is god. God did save him from hell and brought him back to live another day.