What statement best describes the narrator's reliability in "The Black Cat"? A. The Narrator is unreliable because his emotions about the cat run from attentive and loving to cruel and violent. B. The narrator is reliable because he is willingly relates details of his breakdown int insanity. C. The narrator is unreliable because he claims he is telling the story factually. D. The narrator is reliable because he attributes his horrific actions to his alcoholism and to hatred of the cat.

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Gage Pope

21 December, 02:07

What statement best describes the narrator's reliability in "The Black Cat"? A. The Narrator is unreliable because his emotions about the cat run from attentive and loving to cruel and violent. B. The narrator is reliable because he is willingly relates details of his breakdown int insanity. C. The narrator is unreliable because he claims he is telling the story factually. D. The narrator is reliable because he attributes his horrific actions to his alcoholism and to hatred of the cat.

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Righty · Answer 1

I think the answer is "A." Considering his view changes so frequently, there's no way he can be telling the full truth without warping it in someway based on feelings, because truth requires some amount of neutrality or passivity.