Question

true! -nervous -very, very dreadfully nervous i had been and am; but why will you say that i am mad? the disease had sharpened my senses -not destroyed -not dulled them. above all was the sense of hearing acute. i heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. i heard many things in hell. how, then, am i mad? hearken! and observe how healthily -how calmly i can tell you the whole story. it is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. object there was none. passion there was none. i loved the old man. he had never wronged me. he had never given me insult. for his gold i had no desire. i think it was his eye! yes, it was this! he had the eye 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 forever. analyze the quote here. what words/images in the quote prove the narrator is thinking clearly? highlight the quote that proves the narrator is thinking clearly.

Explanation:

The narrator claims his senses are sharp and he can calmly tell the whole story, which he believes shows clear - thinking. He also rationalizes his plan to kill the old man by saying the old man's vulture - like eye insulted him and he is simply ridding himself of it. These statements suggest he thinks he is in control and thinking clearly.

Answer:

Phrases like "I can tell you the whole story" and "I made up my mind to take the life of the old man" and his rationalization about the old man's eye show he believes he is thinking clearly.