How does the narrator's hearing affect the story? A) It allows him to hear the war drum that forces
him to kill.
The acute silence makes the narrator so
B) uncomfortable, he must make the old man
scream.
C) The narrator thinks that only killing the old
man will make all of the surrounding noises
disappear.
D) The narrator thinks he can hear the old man's
heartbeat and feels the need to silence it.