Rhapsody In The Rain Quote Analysis

The Narrator also says things that are just about impossible. In the beginning of the story, he says, “I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in Hell.” (542). He is saying that he can hear things that know one could ever hear in their lifetime. He is being very dishonest, because practically everyone knows this is not true. Another example is when he says, “The ringing became more distinct-it continued and became more distinct…” (546). The ringing he is referring to is the heartbeat. The heartbeat of the man he killed, chopped up, and stuffed under the floorboards. This is impossible; to hear someone’s heart beat we need a stethoscope. We need certain tools, but he thinks he can hear a heartbeat with just his ear, and nothing else. Some people can’t hear people talking from across the room, and the majority of people can’t hear anything from a mile away. This shows he is untrustworthy, and he could be telling a false story.
Lastly, he does things for legitimately no apparent reason. When he killed the guy, it was because of how he looked and nothing else. For example, the narrator says, “I loved the old man. He never wronged me. He had never given me an insult.” (542). He brutally, relentlessly murdered the aged man because of his eye, just
Throughout the story the people hear the story of murder through his words, and through his version of reality. People lie for thousands of reasons, occasionaly we don’t always know why they lie or know why they do what they do. The story reveals that paranoia, and madness can make someone look dishonest, and untrustworthy. The result of this is a narrator that we don’t even know if he committed a crime. Most times when people are innocent their stories are broad, and when their guilty their stories become more complex. This shows that guilt makes people do things they typically wouldn’t