Versions of reality The story disrupts our versions of reality. The narrators sensitivity to sound ultimately overcomes him, and he is unable to distinguish between real and imagined sound e The more the narrator proclaims his own cool manner, the more he cannot escape the beating of his own heart, which he mistakes for the beating of the old man's heart As he confesses to the crime in the final sentence. he addresses the policemen as"villains, indicating his inability to distinguish between their real identity and his own villainy.Versions of reality ⚫ The story disrupts our versions of reality. The narrator’s sensitivity to sound ultimately overcomes him, and he is unable to distinguish between real and imagined sound. ⚫ The more the narrator proclaims his own cool manner, the more he cannot escape the beating of his own heart, which he mistakes for the beating of the old man’s heart. ⚫ As he confesses to the crime in the final sentence, he addresses the policemen as “villains”, indicating his inability to distinguish between their real identity and his own villainy