Mr Smith Who Was The Most Likely Insane

You may think Mr.Smith was most likely insane when he admitted to two police officers that he killed the Mr.Johnson, dismembered the corpse, and hid the body parts under the floorboards. Let's say you think someone is insane what do you think of when you think of insane. I’d believe you would think of someone who has huge mood swings, excessive worrying or anxiety, hallucinations or delusions, and inability to cope with daily problems and activities. You will most definitely see in my essay that Mr.smith was not insane but just a murderous sane man. First of all, Mr.smith was a very intelligent man and planned every single move and procedure of this murder precisely , which is the exact opposite of uncontrollable or impulsive behavior. In the story Mr.Smith says “It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.” (58). This quote shows us Mr.Smith was able to control himself and not get outraged that shows controllable behavior. Mr.Smith says “The old

I heard many things in hell.” (55). When he says that, you are probably thinking hearing things from heaven and hell he must be losing his mind. Mr.Smith also says “The eye would trouble me no more” so Mr.Smith makes it look like he killed the man only cause his eye caused him troubles. Which makes it seem like he didn't realize that is was the real world but I can assure you he knew the difference from fantasy from reality. Mr.Smith says “By degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man.” (56). Mr.Smith knew that in real life he was going to take Mr.Johnson's life he knew. To sum it up, you may have thought Mr.Smith didn't know the difference between fantasy and reality and in some parts I agree, but Mr.Smith knew the difference between fantasy and reality when killed