I Entered My Brain

In my opinion, the narrator of this story is mad because madness is mental illness, chaotic thoughts and actions and they often find pleasure in completing these ideas even when they are morally wrong. The narrator in this story shows signs of all of these things. First of all, the narrator has very chaotic, obsessive and powerful thoughts. This is proven on page when it says, “It is impossible to say how the idea first entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.” This is significant because this quote shows him having just a small idea and then he takes very seriously and feels the need to make it true. Later on the narrator shows that he will do something terrible, just so that he can complete the task. This is revealed on page 3, paragraph 11, when it states, “In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.
Finally, the narrator has obsessive and paranoid behavior. For instance, on page 1, paragraph 2, the narrator states, “I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.” This illustrates that the narrator was thinking about this eye so much that he became obsessed and afraid of it. This eye was all that he could think about and it drove him to killing him,which is a perfect example of madness. Overall, the evidence and reasoning that I have provided, supports the conclusion that the narrator of this story was