Truth vs. Fiction

Poe closely walked the line between truth and fiction throughout Pym. However by the end of the novel it seemed like Poe had completely forsaken the truth in order to create a more “adventurous” story. It also amazes me that somehow Pym knew everything about everything but kept ending up in horrible situations. He could not help but feel distrust for the natives when walking along the path yet he still continued acting like they were friendly. It was also astounding to me that both Peters and Pym were buried alive under a landslide (more or less) and yet came out unscathed, while Allen died. (It should be noted here that Pym and Peters have exceptionally good luck with avoiding death.) One cannot even believe Pym’s simplest, descriptive sentences do not match up. He states him and Peters are “the only living white men on the island” when earlier he had described Peters as Indian and hybrid but never as white.
The ending proved to me that ultimately Poe was not quite sure what “really happened” to Pym. It was almost as if there was no way to halfway truthfully end this ridiculous exhibition in fifty-seven degree Antarctic weather. So instead of concluding the story Pym just died.