The Tell-Tale ♥

    I basically reviewed all my perspectives of this story with Clara and Leslie. The story is basically about a man who claims he is not insane. And throughout the whole story he surely shows a few characteristics of being mentally unstable; but he believes he's just being wise. Although, I did say, you don't have to be unwise to be insane. Paranoia tends to make one over think scenarios, such as taking an hour to insert his head into the room of the old man or checking into the room each night until the 8th night. He claims that this disabled eye was the eye of evil. Such as the old tale of the "evil eye".
    To me, I said "I bet this whole thing didn't even happen!". If he's that mentally unstable, then there's a big possibility that this whole murder didn't happen. Now MAYBE he ATTEMPTED this murder and failed, thus getting put into a mental institution and now telling this story to whoever is listening, or just himself. He describes it in such detail that it could be real, all except for the fact that the old man's heart was still beating beneath the floor boards. We also did mention that he never says that he was arrested for committing this murder. I've heard Anna say that maybe he killed them too, he was crazy after all.
    Another part to my take on the story was that, maybe the old man was his dad. And the evil vulturous eye was always judging him about everything or maybe just his mental stability. This drove the narrator to more insanity to where he finally decided to attempt a murder of this sort. This story was actually enjoyable and interesting. It was as though you were taking a trip into the mind of someone who had paranoia and just needed a little opening to try to stop this evil eye from watching him any longer.