Why do you think the speaker describes how he was once a "wretch" at the beginning of the poem? How does this affect the reader's interpretation of the rest of the poem? Cite specific evidence to support your claims.

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.

very interesting story but where is the question what is actually a question i don't understand

mark twain, real name samuel langhorne clemens, was an american writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. among his novels are the adventures of tom sawyer and its sequel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the latter often called "the great american novel". wikipedia

it makes the game seem more impressive.