Scholars, including Patrick F. Quinn and John J. McAleer, have noted parallels between Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" and other Poe works. Quinn noted that there were enough similarities that Melville must have studied Poe's novel and, if not, it would be "one of the most extraordinary accidents in literature". McAleer noted that Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" inspired "Ahab's flawed character" in "Moby-Dick". Scholar Jack Scherting also noted similarities between "Moby-Dick" and Poe's "MS. Found in a Bottle".