THE BLACK CAT

This story of the "spirit of PERVERSENESS" describes what crime? Are there two cats or one? What is the surprise ending? Add a quote that you found memorable. Explain its attraction.

The story of the "spirit of PERVERSENESS" describes the crimes that the narrator had committed. These crimes that the narrator speaks of involve the narrator getting drunk, beating everyone, including his wife and pets, but only spares one, his cat Pluto. After getting drunk again, he tries to hurt the cat, and in retaliation, the cat bites his hand. The narrator then gets a knife and cuts the cat's eye out. The narrator feels this "spirit of PERVERSENESS" and later kills the cat by hanging him from the limb of a tree. There are two cats, one that is all black, and one with a splash of white in the shape that signifies the way in which Pluto died. The narrator get caught for the killing of his wife because when the police come, they check the premises and are about to leave when they hear a loud noise behind the wall to find the missing cat on top of the head of the wife. "... when i had slept off the fumes of the night's debauch - I experienced a sentiment of half of horror, half of remorse, for the crimes of which I had been guilty..." this quote describes the half evil heart of the narrator. This is important because it shows the gradual darkening of the narrator's heart and how these heinous crimes make someone evil.