Edgar Allan Poe The Black Cat

In the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator, never being identified, states that he is sane. He goes on to say that he is kind and respects the fidelity of friendship. He claims he loves pets and likes to hang out with them. The pets in his house include "birds, goldfish, a fine dog, rabbits, a small monkey, and a cat". Pluto ,the cat, of all pets was the narrator's favorite. The narrator has a lot of conscious and unconscious feelings that motivate him to behave as he does in the story. He does not really understand all of these motivations, his own behaviors, or the psychological basis for the reasoning of his actions. After reading further, there were many questions that arose in my mind. The most prevalent of all the questions were how much can be rationally explained? And are superstitions real? After reading the title the first thing that came to mind was the black cat superstition. Cats have always held a variety of notions among all cultures, especially a black cat. The majority of humans have always associated black cats with something bad or evil. I myself have always believed that the superstitions following black cats are just a hoax believed by the naive. The story converts and is full of surprises and heinous crimes committed by the narrator when the narrator develops addiction to alcohol. At one point he referred to his addiction to alcohol as " fiend intemperance", translating into demonic/wicked level of alcoholism. Due to the changes brought about in his disposition, by his new habit, his pets started to avoid and ignore him, and like most alcoholics I have seen and heard about he started to abuse his wife and his marital life started to disintegrate. The fact that all his pets ignored and avoided him including his beloved cat made him so furious that he cut one of the cat's eyes from the socket, which I believe made the cat seem betrayed, ergo the cat avoiding the narrator and eventually causing its death. Not long