Sydnie's Response

Sydnie Ross
                                3/4 ELA
       
Response to Literature
   
“I made up my mind to take the life of the old man.” (Poe. 626) A quote from the
great Edgar Allan Poe’s suspenseful story, Tell-Tale Heart. The man's ''Evil Eye''
is making him go incredibly insane. In the story, the psycho man spies on him and
waits until the right time to lurk in on him and take his life. Is everything okay
in the end? Does he get away with ending an innocent man's life? This intense story
shows a gruesome plot, unbelievable imagery, and creates and shows phenomenal
characterization.
Tell-Tale Heart had such a intriguing plot that kept me hooked the whole time. One
night he had waited in the doorway watching the man sleep while the ''Evil Eye'' had
just been laying there. He lurked into his room and when he had stepped in far
enough, the ''Evil Eye'' had awakened and he went bazurk. One of the quote's Poe had
said in this story was, ''I pulled the bed over him until he was dead.'' (Poe. 628).
That’s crazy! The ''Evil Eye'' had irked him to the point of ending this man's
life.  He had also stated, ''I cut off the head and arms and the legs. I took up the
floor boards and shoved the limbs in the scantings.'' (Poe. 629). After he had
killed the man, he had decided to hide the body parts. He is most definitely crazy!
Eventually, in the end, the guilt was killing him so read on and find out what
happens. The plot was for sure the best part.
    The descriptive imagery in Tell-Tale Heart was outstanding and helped draw the
reader's attention in the story. Poe described the different places and characters
so vividly that it appears as though you're seeing it through the eyes of the
author. Its allowing you to see all of the scenes and and people Poe is trying to
describe. An example is, ''He had the eye of the vulture. A pale blue eye with a
film over it.'' (Poe. 625). This quote is describing the Evil Eye and how vulgar
looking it is. Poe did a very good job on describing this because you can picture
what the eye looks like and how the crazy man sees it. Another quote that shows
imagery is, '' the beating became more distant.'' (Poe.630). this is trying to
explain how when the psycho man killed the Evil Eye and shoved the limbs in the
floorboards, the heart is slowly dieing so the beating is slowly going away. Poe did
an exquisite job of putting you in the story with his examples of
imagery.
    The stimulating characterizations in Edgar Allan Poe's story were amazing, which
made the story come alive and pull you in. Poe explains how he takes the time to
think about what he is going to do with the Evil Eye. This quote is a great example
of it, ''I made up my mind to take the life of the old man.'' (Poe. 626). He had
thought long and hard and came to a conclusion of killing him. In the story, you get
the impression of him being mad, and being mad is exactly right.  The insane man had
said, ''you fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing, but you should've seen me. (Poe.
626). He is explaining how usually madmen are just plain out not right in the head,
but since he had made so many precise and detailed ways to kill him, he cant be all
that mad. Edgar Allan Poe is a genius when it comes to detailing his characters so
very well.
    In conclusion, this intense story shows an appalling plot, inconceivable
imagery, and creates and shows you miraculous characterizations. After reading this
story, I can tell that Edgar Allan Poe  is just unbelievable when it comes to
writing beautiful pieces of literature. Especially when a man so troubled and
confused had written it, As you can see, some madmen have the great gift of being an
amazing writer and being capable to come up with such a great story like this one.