POV in the Black Cat
A narrator in any book, novel, story and etc. is very important. The narrator sets the mood and is the person communicating with the audience. It is important that the narrator is clear and precise so that their audience can understand them. This is not the case in “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe uses an unreliable narrator in this short story which makes it kind of difficult for us to know what to trust and what not to. By only reading what the narrator has written we only see his point of view. This is a huge part of why “The Black Cat” is so prolific. The readers of this short story get to hear it in first person point of view from the main character. This is always nice for a reader because it feels as though you are hearing the story first-hand and are getting the best possible details. Although as you read into the story it is quite clear that the narrator that is telling this story is an unreliable narrator and is giving fuzzy details of the situation around him. The narrator does a very good job at getting across his emotions and the many events occurring around him but sometimes his opinions are so unrealistic and far fetched that he gives the readers no choice but to wonder if he is telling the truth or not. By letting us read through the story in first person narration, Edgar Allan Poe uses point of view to really expose his main character and leave uncertainty in the mind of his readers.
This entire short story is based around a man and his cat that loves him very much. In the beginning of the story the man really likes his cat (pluto) and the cat loves him very much. Later on in this story, the cat's love for his master would eventually lead him to his death. The cat was very loyal and followed him everywhere just as the narrator told us “he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from following me through the streets” (Page 2521). Slowly as time went by this made the
This entire short story is based around a man and his cat that loves him very much. In the beginning of the story the man really likes his cat (pluto) and the cat loves him very much. Later on in this story, the cat's love for his master would eventually lead him to his death. The cat was very loyal and followed him everywhere just as the narrator told us “he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from following me through the streets” (Page 2521). Slowly as time went by this made the