The short story is narrated through the first person point of view. It takes place inside a house. The narrator, the old man, the police, and the neighbors are the only characters in the story. The neighbors do not really have an actual part in the story though. They were just mentioned by the narrator who is the main character of the story, and I am telling you, this narrator is insane! (Good job Poe!)
The story begins with the decision to kill the old man. And who would kill the poor old man? It's the narrator. You see, the narrator does not like how the old man's eyes look at the narrator. Thus, the narrator keeps on coming to the old man's room every night, waiting for the old man's eyes to open so that the narrator could kill him. Now there lies the conflict. The narrator cannot kill the old man if his eyes are not open until one night. That night, the narrator has made some noise upon checking on the old man and this noise made the old man wake up. Then, boom! The narrator kills the old man, divides his body, and puts the body parts under the floor. Gross! Then, the police comes. As if nothing happened, the narrator is very relaxed that he even invited them inside the old man's bedroom. However, as they stayed there longer, the narrator has gone really mad that the narrator heard sounds which the narrator did not recognize right away until the narrator realized it was of the old man's heart. The story has even gotten too spiced up because before the narrator recognized the sound, the narrator even told the police to look under the floor covers. He is really insane!
Generally, the theme of the story talks about reality in which humans really have these dark side and thoughts that humans just keep. Unfortunately, the narrator has not kept and held them within this story.
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