PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man? He is insane and has no awareness of his actions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since the narrator is only vexed with the old man’s eye, he doesn’t kill the old man because during the first seven nights, the eye was closed. Since the eye is closed, he had no problem with the old man, nor a reason to kill him.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why couldn’t the narrator kill the old man on the first night? The old man’s eye was closed. What did the narrator accidentally do that resulted in waking the old man? The narrator’s thumb slipped on the lantern causing a noise which woke the old man.

Detailed explanation-4: -One night, though, the old man awakens as the narrator watches, revealing the eye. The narrator strikes, smothering the old man with his own mattress. The narrator chops up the body, and hides the pieces under the floorboards. The narrator then cleans the place up to hide all signs of the crime.