Part one of term paper
The narrator of “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe is, without a doubt, crazy. The first word that comes to mind when thinking of the exact type of mental illness that the narrator suffers from is, Schizophrenia. When a person is schizophrenic their personality can change drastically from one minute to the next. The main character’ ...

Part two of term paper
... the fact that his favorite animal is their black cat. He describes his love for the cat and tells the reader that the cat loves him too. Yet, once the cat does not give the narrator quite as much attention as he had hoped, the narrator’s personality changes completely. He begins to show resentment toward the cat, and in a fit of drunken rage, gauges out his eyes. A second example of the narrators craziness is, after a while, the cat’s eye heals and naturally he avoids his attacker. This makes ...