In the other hand we have something a bit similar in "The Black Cat", this protagonist in particular defends his reliability of his actions in the narrative, but as well has a flashback from a prison cell after murdering his wife. The narrator opens his tale by describing a very calm and happy atmosphere along with his wife and the desire they both shared towards the pets they owned. When the narrator begins by explain how this idea got into his head, at first is not able to make the transition of events until he realizes that his mood swings started getting out of his hands due to his alcoholism problem he had developed. As Poe mentions in the narrative; " My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight away from my body and a more
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Due to these reasons he not only hurt his wife but as well as his favorite pet, the large beautiful black cat he owned and shared an incredible friendship over years (696). This occurs when he gets home late after having some drinks and comes back really intoxicated and Pluto (the black cat) frightened by the way his owner looked ran away and avoided the narrator's presence. As a result of Pluto's action, the narrator reacts in a very violent manner and commits a cruel action towards the cat by cutting his eye with his pen-knife and brings the eye from its socket (696). A day later or so the narrator consistence hunts him every time he sees Pluto and remembers the reckless action he did by damaging the cat's eye and tries to find a way to redeem his exertion. The narrator comes out with the conclusion that the only way that Pluto's presence won't bother him is if he kills him, and sure he does eventually he hangs Pluto from a tree in his garden to free himself from conscience. A little after this the narrator experiences a tragedy and get his house burn, which made him see the refection of himself and Pluto once again. As a little time, past from this later on the narrator brought home another cat which happened to look very much a like to Pluto, except this one had a large white spot in his breast
Due to these reasons he not only hurt his wife but as well as his favorite pet, the large beautiful black cat he owned and shared an incredible friendship over years (696). This occurs when he gets home late after having some drinks and comes back really intoxicated and Pluto (the black cat) frightened by the way his owner looked ran away and avoided the narrator's presence. As a result of Pluto's action, the narrator reacts in a very violent manner and commits a cruel action towards the cat by cutting his eye with his pen-knife and brings the eye from its socket (696). A day later or so the narrator consistence hunts him every time he sees Pluto and remembers the reckless action he did by damaging the cat's eye and tries to find a way to redeem his exertion. The narrator comes out with the conclusion that the only way that Pluto's presence won't bother him is if he kills him, and sure he does eventually he hangs Pluto from a tree in his garden to free himself from conscience. A little after this the narrator experiences a tragedy and get his house burn, which made him see the refection of himself and Pluto once again. As a little time, past from this later on the narrator brought home another cat which happened to look very much a like to Pluto, except this one had a large white spot in his breast