Inspired by the real-life click beetle, Poeâs story, The Gold Bug, impresses on the reader the stress that wealth can often have upon humans. William Legrand and his servant, Jupiter, travel to Sullivanâs Island after Legrand loses his familyâs fortune. There, Legrand becomes obsessed with a golden beetle, and Jupiter goes to fetch the narrator as he is increasingly convinced of Legrandâs insanity. An attempt to catch the beetle leads the three on a chase for hidden gold treasure with a dark and brooding history.