"The Angel of the Strange - An Extravaganza" is a short story by EA Poe written in 1844, which appears to be more absurdly comic than profound. In this story, Poe writes about humans being exposed to strange situations and tries to tell us that it would be ridiculous for us to be against strangeness. The writer portrays himself as an innocent character who believes, after reading about the strange death of a man, that all situations labeled as something strange are "a despicable lie - a poor hoax - the dregs of some wretched man's invention coin". With this sentence the character states that the strangest things are those that are described as strange, and he reveals himself to be a person with such a square mind that it is impossible for him to give much space to credibility. After saying those words, a small German creature appears before the character, revealing itself as "The Angel of Odd". The Angel gives him several zips of alcohol which put him to sleep. In that state man acquires an incredible desire to commit suicide. With this, the "Angel of Odd" represents the image of pure revenge; a concrete form of an inexplicable feeling that seems to work against us whenever we deny things we know to be true, but are too afraid to accept. Edgar Allan Poe states in his story that we should lose our innocence and that we should be open minded when it comes to criticism. It says that we must accept all things that could happen, no matter how ridiculous or impossible they may be. In everyday life such a statement makes perfect sense; everyday life portrays realities that are difficult to understand, from sexual behavior to euthanasia, from people dying from vomiting gum after saving themselves from a massive car crash, to those who died in the Twin Towers. Edgar Allan Poe tries to make us understand that by denying what is strange, our own life can make us go through even the most extravagant actions, phases or journeys, making us feel almost like an idiotic piece of meat.