Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” is an account told by an unreliable narrator of an alcoholic, murderous madman who claims he loves animals, but kills them in a fit of madness. In the beginning, the narrator confesses that he has a great love for cats and dogs because they are loyal, unlike humans. The narrator marries and introduces his wife to his hobby of owning pets. One of these beloved pets is a black cat named Pluto. The man starts drinking and thus his personality changes drastically. The man physically and verbally abuses his wife and pets. One night, after coming home drunk, the narrator believes Pluto does not want to hang out with him so he gouges the cat’s eye out, and the next morning, he hangs the cat from a tree. While out
