PART A: In the story, what causes the conflict between the narrator and the old man?
1 answer
The conflict between the narrator and the old man is caused by the narrator's irrational fear and hatred of the old man's eye. The narrator becomes obsessed with the "vulture eye" of the old man, which he believes is evil and haunting him. This fear leads the narrator to ultimately murder the old man in order to rid himself of the eye.