Here are some more sentences belonging to the same summary.Thank you very much for helping me.

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Here are some more sentences belonging to the same summary.Thank you very much for helping me.

1) On that particular night, unlike the preceding seven nights, the narrator opened the door with greater caution than the nights before but he made a noise when he was going to open (to shine) the lantern and the old man immediately sprang up in bed and got scared.
2) The old man’s eye was open, which made him angry (furious) and froze his blood. (frightened) He kept still, he didn’t move a muscle and said nothing. 3) (The adverbs referring to the narrator’s actions emphasise the narrator’s effort to convince the reader that he is not mad, and emphasise the care with which the brutal crime was planned and executed)
4) The narrator began to hear the beating of the old man’s heart. The beating of the heart occurs, however, within the narrator himself. (It is established at the beginning of the story that the narrator is over-sensitive –that he can hear and feel things that others cannot).
5) We all know that in moments of stress and fright our own heartbeat increases so rapidly tat we feel every beat. He did not just kill him, but he buried him in the floor of the old man’s room. This was ironic because the crazy man was the old man’s caretaker.

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Answer 1

Writeacher answered
13 years ago

1. Divide this into two sentences - it's too long and convoluted for one. Also, omit "then the nights before" - it's redundant.

2. It's unclear who "him" and "his" and "He" are referring to - the narrator? the old man?

3. Replace "and emphasise" with "as well as"

4. Put that last period before the closing parenthesis, not after.

5. "tat" (spelling?) Clarify the "He" and "him" and "he" and "him." And is "the crazy man" the same person as the narrator??

Answer 2

Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

1) In this sentence, the narrator opens the door with more caution than before, but still makes a noise when he tries to turn on the lantern. The old man immediately wakes up and gets scared. To understand this sentence, you need to know the context of the story and the sequence of events leading up to this point.

2) The old man's eye is open, which angers the narrator and frightens him. The narrator stays completely still, not moving a muscle, and doesn't say anything. The use of adjectives and verbs in this sentence highlights the narrator's emotions and reactions to the situation.

3) The adverbs in this sentence emphasize the narrator's efforts to convince the reader that he is not insane, and it also emphasizes the careful planning and execution of the brutal crime. To understand the purpose of these adverbs, you need to consider the narrator's motive and state of mind throughout the story.

4) The narrator starts to hear the beating of the old man's heart, but it is actually happening within the narrator himself. This detail is mentioned earlier in the story, establishing the narrator's hypersensitivity to sounds and sensations that others cannot perceive. To understand this sentence, you need to recall the earlier information about the narrator's heightened senses.

5) This sentence mentions how our own heartbeats increase rapidly in moments of stress and fear, and how we can feel each beat. The narrator not only kills the old man but also hides his body beneath the floorboards in the old man's room. The irony lies in the fact that the crazy man was actually the old man's caretaker. Understanding this sentence requires awareness of the common physiological response to fear and the twist in the story with regards to the caretaker's role.