In the modern version, the story is drafted in first-person, present-tense, where the main character morphs into sixteen different "descriptions," as events push him under increasing depths of insanity.
In the modern version, the story is drafted in first-person, present-tense, and still the main character is denied a formal name. Rather, the novel's action morphs his identity into sixteen different "descriptions," as the character crosses into increasing depths of insanity.