Guilt haunts everybody in different ways. Most people learn to live with their guilt, but others get completely ruined by it. Guilt can eat a person alive and lead to destruction. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” is about a man who has an outrageous obsession with an old man’s eyeball. He performs a deadly crime and almost gets away with it. Towards the end, he gets so consumed by his guilt, that he confesses his crime. Similarly, Stephen Hillenburg’s show “SpongeBob Squeaky Boots” is about Mr. Krabs obsession with SpongeBob’s new boots. He decides it is best if he steals the boots from him, leaving SpongeBob heartbroken. Mr. Krabs suffers from his guilt and finally confesses his act to SpongeBob. Both stories share the idea that guilt
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The narrator in “The Tell Tale Heart” becomes obsessed with an old mans eyeball. Several nights in a row, he stalks him while he sleeps. Each night he dislikes the old mans eye even more than the night before. It drives him insane: ”I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever”(Poe). The narrator was so obsessed with the eye it drove him to do a horrendous deed. The narrator felt like it would put an end to his obsession if he removed the eye forever. Similarly, one of the main characters in “SpongeBob Squeaky Boots”, Mr. Krabs becomes obsessed with SpongeBobs boots. The boots squeak every time SpongeBob walks, and it drives Mr. Krabs nuts. Mr. Krabs decides that the only way to terminate the boots is to steal them while SpongeBob is asleep. The obsession of Mr. Krabs drives him so crazy, he steals the boots from SpongeBob. One night, he stealthily sneaks into SpongeBobs room, takes the boots off and runs back to the Krusty Krab. He then hides the boots underneath the floorboards, so no one can find them. Not only does obsession lead to negative behavior, it also creates chaos in the …show more content…
The story takes place in the old mans home, while he is asleep. A home should be warm and cozy or comfortable and safe. This is not the case in this story. Each night the narrator stalks the old man, causing fear. The man doesn’t know that there is someone in his house, but he still feels discomfort: “I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled”(Poe). Discomfort filled the room as the narrator stalked the old man. Startled in his bed, he awakes and lies still to see if anyone is there. Proving that he indeed was scared. Equivalently, Mr. Krabs intrudes into SpongeBob’s home while he is fast asleep. He sees the boots and immediately grabs them off of his feet. He quickly leaves and hides the boots under the floorboards of the Krusty Krab. After a long night of restless sleep, he goes back to work, to find SpongeBob weeping. Desperately weeping about the loss of his favorite boots. Finally, the guilt caught up to Mr. Krabs: “I did it! I did it! I took the boots. They’re here! Under the floorboards! Im sorry! Make it stop”( ). Not only does guilt destroy the actual home, it destroys the home of your body, the brain. Guilt ate away at Mr. Krabs until he couldn’t take it anymore and fell apart. Obsession leads to destruction of the home, but it also possess people to do psychotic
The narrator in “The Tell Tale Heart” becomes obsessed with an old mans eyeball. Several nights in a row, he stalks him while he sleeps. Each night he dislikes the old mans eye even more than the night before. It drives him insane: ”I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever”(Poe). The narrator was so obsessed with the eye it drove him to do a horrendous deed. The narrator felt like it would put an end to his obsession if he removed the eye forever. Similarly, one of the main characters in “SpongeBob Squeaky Boots”, Mr. Krabs becomes obsessed with SpongeBobs boots. The boots squeak every time SpongeBob walks, and it drives Mr. Krabs nuts. Mr. Krabs decides that the only way to terminate the boots is to steal them while SpongeBob is asleep. The obsession of Mr. Krabs drives him so crazy, he steals the boots from SpongeBob. One night, he stealthily sneaks into SpongeBobs room, takes the boots off and runs back to the Krusty Krab. He then hides the boots underneath the floorboards, so no one can find them. Not only does obsession lead to negative behavior, it also creates chaos in the …show more content…
The story takes place in the old mans home, while he is asleep. A home should be warm and cozy or comfortable and safe. This is not the case in this story. Each night the narrator stalks the old man, causing fear. The man doesn’t know that there is someone in his house, but he still feels discomfort: “I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled”(Poe). Discomfort filled the room as the narrator stalked the old man. Startled in his bed, he awakes and lies still to see if anyone is there. Proving that he indeed was scared. Equivalently, Mr. Krabs intrudes into SpongeBob’s home while he is fast asleep. He sees the boots and immediately grabs them off of his feet. He quickly leaves and hides the boots under the floorboards of the Krusty Krab. After a long night of restless sleep, he goes back to work, to find SpongeBob weeping. Desperately weeping about the loss of his favorite boots. Finally, the guilt caught up to Mr. Krabs: “I did it! I did it! I took the boots. They’re here! Under the floorboards! Im sorry! Make it stop”( ). Not only does guilt destroy the actual home, it destroys the home of your body, the brain. Guilt ate away at Mr. Krabs until he couldn’t take it anymore and fell apart. Obsession leads to destruction of the home, but it also possess people to do psychotic