Prelude. Just before the battle, Grant had captured Jackson, Mississippi, and Pemberton retreated to the west. Attempts to stop the Union advance at Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge were unsuccessful.
The point of view is that of the first person. Poe decided to write 'The Tell-tale Heart' from the point of view of the young man that is living with the old man. Through this poem, the narrator tells us how he isn't mad or insane, but how it takes cunning to kill the old man he's living with.
Posted on. (Answer #4). the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart kills the old man simply because of the way one of his eyes looks. the narrator states that he likes the old he just doesn't like the way his eye looks.piathm | Student, Grade 8 | eNotes Newbie. Posted on.he narrator kils the old man because ge is crazy, and he doesn't like one of the old mans eyes. lacibabyy00 | Student, Grade 10 | (Level 2) Honors. Posted on. (Answer #6). the narrator killed the old man only because he had a problem with the elderly man's eye.