The Black Cat Psychopath

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Wow in the story the black cat the main character cuts of the cat's eye just because it bit him(Poe).This person is from a story called the black cat and I have three reasons why he is a psychopath.He also doesn't like humans as much as animals. He has no deep emotion which is a psychopath tendency and he has grandiose self-worth. He gave no other affection to any other animals but his cat.He would also push them off the other animals and kick them something also.(Poe) Then the other animals started to leave him alone and only the cat gave him love.Then he started to go to the bar more often because of his animals(Poe). He came home drunk one day and tried to pick up the cat from behind(Poe). That startled the cat and then the

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