Throughout the story the narrator talks about Miss Lottie using fairy-tale metaphors. She callsher a witch and speaks about the
“enchantment” surrounding her home. In the highlighted paragraph, she finally sees Miss Lottie for who she is really is. What changes have taken place in the narrator in order to allow her to see the real Miss Lottie?
The discovery that the narrator makes by dissecting his brain is learning that his thoughts require a constant flow of pressurized air because brain activity slows due to low air pressure.