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    The narrator in "tell Tale Heart" is farther removed from reality than the mother in "the Monkey's Paw" because she murdered, and justified murder, from the way her victim looked at her. The way the old man looks determines the chance of him living.

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    The narrator in "tell Tale Heart" is farther removed from reality than the mother in "the Monkey's Paw" because she murdered, and justified murder, from the way her victim looked at her. The way the old man looks determines the chance of him living.

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    The narrator in "tell Tale Heart" is farther removed from reality than the mother in "the Monkey's Paw" because she murdered, and justified murder, from the way her victim looked at her. The way the old man looks determines the chance of him living.

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    Period8
    PerceptionVs.RealityArgumentativeEssay

    Inmanyshortstories,acommonthemeisthemaincharactersdistortedreality.
    Intheshortstory,TellTaleHeartbyEdgarAllanPoe,thenarratorhasamore
    distortedsenseofrealitythanMrs.WhiteinTheMonkeysPawbyW.W.Jacobs.
    Whilebothcharactersblurthelinesofreality,thenarratorintheTellTaleHeart,who
    boastsaboutthemurder,andtheconcealmentofthemurder,livesinamoredistorted
    world.ThenarratorfromTellTaleHeartisfartherremovedfromrealitythanthe
    motherfromtheMonkeysPawbecauseshemurdered,andjustifiedmurder,fromthe
    wayhervictimlookedather.

    ThenarratorintheTellTaleHeartisfurthestfromrealitybecauseshechooses
    tomurdersomeonebecauseofthewaytheylookatthenarrator.Paragraphtwostates,
    Ilovedtheoldman.Hehadneverwrongedme.Hehadnevergivenmeinsult.Forhis
    goldIhadnodesire.Ithinkitwashiseye!Yes,itwasthis!Hehadtheeyeofavulture
    apaleblueeye,withafilmoverit.Wheneveritfelluponme,mybloodrancoldand
    sobydegreesverygraduallyImadeupmymindtotakethelifeoftheoldman,and
    thusridmyselfoftheeyeforever.Thisdemonstratesthenarrator'sdeceivedreality.
    Thewaytheoldmanlooksatthenarratordeterminesthechanceofhimliving.The
    narratorthoughtthemanseyelookedlikeavultureanddecidedtotakehislife.The
    narratorconvincesherselfthatthelooktheoldmangivesherisavalidreasonfor
    murder.


    AnotherreasonwhythenarratorinTellTaleHearthaslosttouchoccurswhen
    shehidthedeadbodysonoonecouldfindit.Paragraphthreestates,Butyoushould
    haveseenme.YoushouldhaveseenhowwiselyIproceededwithwhatcautionwith
    whatforesightwithwhatdissimulationIwenttowork!Thisquoteshowshowthe
    narratorisabouttohidethebody.Thenarratorissopreciseinwhatsheisdoingthat
    sheisconsideredinsane.Ithentookupthreeplanksfromtheflooringofthechamber,
    anddepositedallbetweenthescantlings.Ithenreplacedtheboardssocleverly,so
    cunningly,thatnohumaneyenotevenhiscouldhavedetectedanythingwrong.
    Thenarratorhidesthebodyunderthefloorandfeelssoconfidentinherselfthatno
    humaneyecouldfindit.

    Mrs.WhitefromtheMonkeysPawhasalsolosttouchwithreality.Sheactually
    believesthewishesdirectedatthemonkeyspawwillcometrue.Page261states,
    "WISH!shecriedinastrongvoice.Itisfoolishandwicked,hefaltered.WISH!
    repeatedhiswife.ThisshowshowMrs.Whiteissostrickenwithgriefthatsheiswilling
    tobelievethefairytailthatisthemonkeyspaw.AlthoughMrs.Whitesthoughtsarefar
    fromreality,thenarratorfromTellTaleHearthasamuchmoredistortedsenseof
    reality.Afterall,itisunderstandableforaparenttolosetouchwithrealityaftertheloss
    ofachild.

    Inconclusion,thecharactersinbothstoriesdealwithmurder.However,inTell

    TaleHeart,thenarratorsrealityismuchmoredistortedthanMrs.Whitesfrom
    MonkeysPaw.Committingmurderforsomethingsoridiculousasalookisisfar
    worseandunsettlingthanMrs.Whitesdistotedrealityduetotragedyandgrief.

    WorksCited

    Jacobs,W.W.TheMonkeysPawMahway,NJ:TrollAssociates,1982.Print.

    Poe,EdgarAllan.TellTaleHeartMankato,MN:CreativeEducation,1980.Print.

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