Reading this part of the story, we find that the narrator has some kind of mental

problem because he wants to kill a person just for his eye. Is it the only way to get
rid of the old man’s eye? In addition to this fact, is talking about a violent crime and
killing a person a suitable way to prove one is not mad? So there must be
something wrong with the narrator, maybe a mental disease. Of course it is crystal
clear that he is not mad. As he says a mad man can’t do the same thing he did.

The narrator describes the crime on the eighth night and he says he did the same
thing the previous times but this time he made a noise and this wake up the old
man. He one more time sees the old man’s eye and and he feels a coldness in his
body but he stay still for an hour. He sees the man is terrified and he enjoys
watching the scene. He also thinks about triumph and he thinks that the old man is
scared to death. As in the beginning of the story mentioned the narrator’s disease
had sharpened his senses and here he hears the old man’s heart beat. Now the
narrator feels that neighbors may hear the heartbeat. He decides to do what he
has been waiting for. After he suffocates the old man by pulling his bed on him, he
still hears the old man’s heart beat. He cuts off his legs, his head and his arms.he
puts them under the planks in the bedroom.

By his actions and the violence that he put into his behavior, the claim that he
suffers from a mental disease is strengthened.

After the crime is committed the door bell rings and the narrator now very
comfortable and self confident opens the door. He sees three men introduce
themselves as police and they explain one of the neighbors call the police and he
heard a scream from this house. He invites them in and guides them to different
part of the house and at the end he shows them the old man’s bedroom. They sat
down there and chatted with each other. Meanwhile he hears a strange sound.
Although he speaks louder to get rid of the sound, it is not enough. He thinks that
is the sound of the old man’s heart which is betraying the narrator and is telling
who has done the crime. He finally can not tolerate and admits he had killed the
old man.

Again at the end of the story we understand that he has some mental problems