Comment on the narrator's experience throughout Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," including the ending.

The narrator has been taken captive by the leaders of the
Spanish Inquisition. He has been placed in a cell made of metal walls. There is a pit in
middle of the cell.

At one point, the narrator nearly falls
into the pit but is saved by tripping on the torn edge of his robe. For this, he can
thank the enemy for taking his clothes and giving him the
robe.

At another point, there is a slowly descending,
swinging pendulum with a razor-sharp edge that is directly over the narrator's heart.
The narrator is bound to a board.

The narrator does not
lose hope. He smears meat on his bindings and the rats chew through the cords that hold
the narrator prisoner.

After freeing himself from the ropes
or cords that held the narrator underneath the descending, razor-sharp pendulum, the
cell begins to close in and the walls begin pushing the narrator toward the deep
pit.

When the narrator has lost all hope, he is rescued as
General Lasalle grabs his arm to keep him from falling into the pit. The French have
overtaken the enemy.

Throughout the narrator's torment, he
remains hopeful which is credit to the strength of the human
spirit.

The narrator's amazing resilience, after each
close-to-death experiences, is evidence that the human spirit is stronger than
death.