The Nattor's Decision To Kill The Old Man

Decent Essays
(Attention Grabber) Into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting,dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
(Thesis) The nattor killed him because of his eye and how big it was.
(Transition) In the beginning The Narrator explains to the reader why he chose to kill the old man.
(Says)I think it was the eye yes it was this. He had the eye of vulture a pale blue eye with a film over it.
(Means) That He didn’t Like his eye and he was going to do something about the eye.
(Matters) Because it talks about about the eye and what set him of about the eye.
(Transition) In the beginning The Narrator explains to the reader why he chose to kill the old man.
(Says) every night about a whole week before i killed

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