3 Passages "The Black Cat"

1. “I became a heavy drinker, and my need for alcohol soon grew into a terrible disease.” (16-17)

Think of reasons why a person can become a heavy drinker.

2. “I stopped taking care of them [the animals] and sometimes I was even cruel to them. But I was never cruel to Pluto.” (17)

Why do you think the man behaves differently towards Pluto? Does the cat have something different from the rest of the animals or the wife? Is it special for some reason? Does it represent something?

3. “There is something strange about the human heart. We humans seem to like hurting ourselves. Haven’t we all, a hundred times, done something stupid or evil just because we know we should not do it?” (18)

Do you agree? Can you empathize (understand, feel sorry for) with the narrator

1-Because if you don't have a good life you can be a drinker or if  you are unhappy too. If you drink one time you can become addicted to that.

2-Because he loves Pluto he thinks he is special.

2-Because the cat woul never leave him,or that is what he thought.

2-No,I didn´t think so.

3-Yes,I think that that  is  what humans do.

3-Yes,I can, because he killed the cat so the cat stop suffering.