THE BLACK CAT

Title: THE BLACK CAT

Author: Allan Poe

Publisher: Penguin Readers READERS Level:3

Summary:
This is a horror story, written by Edgar Allan Poe.

The narrator first tells us that this is a true story, and that he will die in the morning.
He was always a kind person. He loved animals. He and his wife had many animals. His favorite one was a black cat called Pluto.
However, he was slowly changing and became an alcoholic. He was violent when he was drunk. He even cut one of Pluto’s eyes. One day, he hanged the cat in the garden. When he woke up, the house was on fire.
He was sad and looked for a new cat. He found a black cat that ressembled Pluto. The cat loved him. On the other hand, he gradually started to hate the cat. He thought the cat was evil. The cat had a shape of gallows on his chest. One day, he wanted to kill the cat but instead killed his wife with a hammer. He tried to hide the body in the cellar walls. He could'nt find the cat anymore, and he was happy.
The police came to look for his wife. They were about to leave the cellar, when they heard a loud noise coming from the walls. They found the body and the cat inside.
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Evaluation: stars 3

This story is very scary. The atmosphere is dark and heavy. The man used to be a very kind person, but the alcohol changed him. He did bad things that he regretted later on. However, he continued drinking. After the death of Pluto, he took another cat. He thought the cat was evil. He wanted to think that all the bad things were coming from the cat. The man killed his wife and he said that he slept well that night. The new cat was there to make him pay for his wrongs. He couldn’t get away so easily. (words 99)