Black Cat

Black Cat

. The man in the short story “Black Cat”  by Edgar Allan Poe showed that the abuse of alcohol can change oneself; from a once was warm hearted person to nothing better than soulless man. Throughout the story, it portrayed how he finally unleashed his inner beast and did not look at the outcomes till he had gone too far.

Denial was mans fatal flaw throughout the story. To escape reality he used alcohol for a better vision for life. Although sugar coding his life with alcohol seemed to be helping, he did not realize the troubles of his life and the utter hell he was going through. It takes him a couple of days after to realize some of the trauma that he’s actually caused. Being in denial can be a huge problem till it gets pushed over the edge. When you end up murdering your wife you know you have pushed your limit. That is when you know you have lost control of your true persona. Unfortunately people often do not know their limits, they get too caught up in what they think is their twisted, version of reality.

Although man had transformed into inhuman murdering beast, he still had that soft inner core. The core that cared, loved and treasured others. As the story begins the man states “In their consequences, these events have terrified- have tortured- have destroyed me.” It was unfortunate when the man had not realized what he had done, until the end when he looked back on everything.

Although you can get caught up in a moment, everyone knows deep down who they really are and what their morals are, no matter how much you try to deny yourself. Knowing the pure truth is always beneficial.