The narrator in "You Are Old, Father William" is a young man who questions the actions and habits of an elderly man named Father William. The poem is a conversation between the two characters, with the narrator challenging Father William's unconventional behaviors.
Elie father died of a high fever and he was very hold at that time too. He was also very weak.
The narrator looked in on the old man for eight consecutive nights. Each night, he quietly observed the old man while he slept, ensuring he remained undetected. This routine intensified the narrator's obsession, leading to a deepening sense of paranoia and guilt. Ultimately, the eighth night culminated in the narrator's overwhelming emotions and actions.
The narrator entered the old man's room every night at midnight.
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator visits the old man's room every night for seven nights. He does this to observe the old man's vulture-like eye, which troubles him greatly. The narrator is consumed by his obsession with the eye, ultimately leading to a gruesome and tragic outcome.
Elie Wiesel was 15 years old at the beginning of the evacuation from Buna in the book Night.
The Sign of the Beaver has a third-person narrator. This means that the narration is not from a character within the book but rather from an unknown someone who is observing what happens from a distance.
The narrator kills the old man at night because he knows that he can strike faster at night; had he struck at daylight, the old man would be able to defend himself (like grab a weapon) because he could see. The narrator also says that he "looked upon him while he slept" every night, so that he is able to sneak in without being noticed to prepare himself to sneak in the final time to kill the old man.
the light in the lantern blew out
he died on her 13th birthday.
On the eighth night in "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator sneaks into the old man's room and opens the door quietly. However, he accidentally startles the old man, causing him to wake up and cry out in fear. This moment of panic leads to the narrator's decision to ultimately kill the old man.
Matilda was 14 years old when her father died in the book Fever 1793.