Summary:
This story is about a guy telling a story about why he has to kill the old man. His motivation was neither passion nor desire for money, but rather a fear of the man’s pale blue eye. He claims that the old man’s heart beat is driving him crazy. Every night, he went to the old man’s apartment and secretly observed the man sleeping. After a week of this activity, the narrator decides, somewhat randomly, that the time is right to kill the old man.
Vocabulary:
1. Sagacity: Acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
2. Anxiety: Distress or Uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.
3. Suavity: A suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
4. Deputed: Authorize, Commission
5. Audacity: Recklessness, Daring
6. Singularly: Especially, Exceptionally
7. Fluently: Easily
8. Vehemently: Fiercely, Violently
9. Gesticulations: Gesture
10. Derision: Mockery, Disdain
11. Hypocritical: Deceitful, Pretending
12. Hearkening: Giving careful attention
Summary:
This story is about a guy telling a story about why he has to kill the old man. His motivation was neither passion nor desire for money, but rather a fear of the man’s pale blue eye. He claims that the old man’s heart beat is driving him crazy. Every night, he went to the old man’s apartment and secretly observed the man sleeping. After a week of this activity, the narrator decides, somewhat randomly, that the time is right to kill the old man.
Vocabulary:
1. Sagacity: Acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
2. Anxiety: Distress or Uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.
3. Suavity: A suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
4. Deputed: Authorize, Commission
5. Audacity: Recklessness, Daring
6. Singularly: Especially, Exceptionally
7. Fluently: Easily
8. Vehemently: Fiercely, Violently
9. Gesticulations: Gesture
10. Derision: Mockery, Disdain
11. Hypocritical: Deceitful, Pretending
12. Hearkening: Giving careful attention