sentence: Some people think that the old man is a father figure.
sentences_before: The story does not say if the old man and the killer are related.
sentences_after: Some people think that the man's strange, vulture-like eye is a symbol of some unknown secret. Perhaps, that his vulture eye represents some sort of veiled secret.
concept_name: people
headings: The Tell-Tale Heart
categories: 19th-century American short stories Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe