Text Dependent, Higher Level Questions about Evidence in The Tell Tale Heart by Kaitlyn McGruther

Text Dependent, Higher Level Questions about Evidence in The Tell Tale Heart by Kaitlyn McGruther https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8 Post your name/your partner’s name Give the quote/text evidence Post your text, dependent higher level question en-us 2017-10-10 01:32:56 UTC 2017-10-10 16:45:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Kaitlyn Santos kaitlyn25018 https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685643 "Suddenly I knew that the sound was not in my ears, it was not just inside my head. When the man heard the beating heart of the old man was it really the beating heart that he was hearing, or was it just him?]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685643 Oliver Figueroa - Celi https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685689 Quote: "His eye was like the eye of a vulture, the eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait while an animal dies, and then fall upon the dead body and pull it to pieces."(Pg.1)

Question 1: How does the author use the vulture eye reference and the description of the bird as a foreshadow to what happens?

Question 2: What parts of the quote help the foreshadow be seen?]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685689 Jesus and Christopher jesus24294 https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685922 Quote: "I think it was his eye. His eye was like the eye of a vulture, the eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait while an animal dies, and then fall upon the dead body and pull it to pieces to eat it. When the old man looked at me with his vulture eye a cold feeling went up and down my back; even my blood became cold." (Pg.1-2)
Question: How does the aged, old man's vulture-looking and trauma inducing eye fuel the conflict and further accentuate the plot?]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685922 Brianna E & Johanna X https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685959 "His eye was like the eye of a vulture, they eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait while an animal dies, and then fall upon the dead body and pull to pieces to eat it." (Poe, 64)
How does including the symbol of the vulture eye impact the plot? What about the tone or mood? ]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195685959 Jahir Lopez https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686005 "You will see, you will hear how healthy my mind is." (Poe, 1) What do you think the significance was about the author writing in second person?

]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686005 Ashlie & Gaby https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686032 "It's True! Yes, I HAVE BEEN ILL, very ill. But why do you say that I have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad? Can you not see that I have full control of my mind?" -pg:1
Question:
Analyze how this quote expresses the type of person this man is? What do you caused him to question others' point of view over his personality? Do you feel that the man being ill, was apart of the authors purpose of the overall message of the story?

]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686032 Ingrid Bravo & Johanna https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686064 No! They heard! I was certain of it. They knew! Now it was they who were playing a game with me. I was suffering more than I could bear, from their smiles, and from that sound. Louder, louder, louder! Suddenly I could bear it no longer. I pointed at the boards and cried, "Yes! Yes, I killed him. Pull up the boards and you shall see! I killed him. But why does his heart not stop beating?! Why does it not stop?!]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686064 Emery/Giovanna https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686083 Rough Draft: How does the point of view of the narrator effect the reliability of the short story being accurate?

How does the first person point of view take impact on the accuracy of the short story?]]> 2017-10-10 16:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686083 Anna Hernandez https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686166 "When the old man looked at me with his vulture eye a cold feeling went up and down my back; even my blood became cold. And so i finally decided I had to kill the old man and close that eye forever!"
How does this create conflict between the character to the eye? How does the create a tone or mood?]]> 2017-10-10 16:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686166 Orlando Castillo orlando23633 https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686176 "YES,I HAVE BEEN ILL, very ill. But why do you say that i have lost control of my mind, why do you say that i am mad?"

Q- Why do you think that people]]> 2017-10-10 16:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686176 Maggie Cortes https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686321 Quote: "Can you see that I have full control of my mind?"
How can the story's theme and plot change if it was told in a first point of view? Would you still question his "metal illness"?]]> 2017-10-10 16:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686321 Johanna Ariza https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686359 2017-10-10 16:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686359 Aryan/Leslie/Juana https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686360 Quote: "When the old man looked at me with his vulture eye a cold feeling went up and down my back; even my blood became cold. And so, I finally decided I had to kill the old man and close that eye forever!" (Pg 3.)
Question: How does the symbol of the vulture eye impact the author's tone and how would it have changed if the old man's vulture eye never existed? ]]> 2017-10-10 16:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195686360 Sophia Liu https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195687512 "I pointed at the boards and cried, "Yes! Yes, I killed him. Pull up the boards and you shall see! I killed him. But why does his heart not stop beating?!" (P.67)

Question: How does the symbol of the old man's beating heart contribute to the plot?

]]> 2017-10-10 16:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195687512 Joshua Mendez joshua24831 https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195688367 "So you think that I am mad? A madman cannot plan. But you should have seen me. During all of that week I was friendly to the old man ]]> 2017-10-10 16:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195688367 Max & Owen maxim308198 https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195688563 "Can you see that I have full control of my mind? Is it not clear that I am not mad?" (Poe, 1).
Question: How does the use of second person impact the story and does it reveal more conflict within the ill man?]]> 2017-10-10 16:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195688563 Gladys Soria https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195688645 "When the old man looked at me with his vulture eye a cold feeling went up and down my back; even my blood became cold. And so, I finally decided I had to kill the old man and close that eye forever!"
Question : How does the mental illness the madman has impact the purpose of the symbol the author put in the tale? Would the " vulture eye " have a different purpose if the madman was sane]]> 2017-10-10 16:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195688645 Allison Sanchez https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195689966 What characteristic can you give the character based on the first paragraph? Why would you infer that? ]]> 2017-10-10 16:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195689966 Group 4 https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195692275 "It's True! Yes, I have been ill, very ill. But why do you say that I have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad? Can you not see that I have funn control of my mind? Is it not clear that I am not mad?"

Question : How does Edgar Allan Poe's indirect character thoughts impact the tone or mood in paragraph 1?]]> 2017-10-10 16:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcgruther1/otgx7nvdu0e8/wish/195692275