The Black Cat: Deranged Narrator
Beginning of paper
Throughout the opening paragraph of "The Black Cat," the reader is
introduced to a narrator who, because of his grotesque actions, has become
mentally deranged and very untrustworthy, " . . . my very senses reject their
own evidence." The narration of this story is in the first person, which woul ....
Middle of paper
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intoxicated, the narrator mutilated his favourite pet, Pluto, causing the cat to
become terrified of his master. The alienation of his cat gave the narrator
even more cause to become mentally unstable.
The hanging of his cat shows how the narrator has become obsessed with
doing evil things for the sake of their evilness. This evilness is linked to
his alcoholism. The narrator was most-likely in a drunken state when he hung
his cat, which only infuriated his temper. This separati ....
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Word count: 736
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
