One of the characteristics of the narrator in the story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe is the fact that he is unreliable. However, this is not evident from the beginning.
The narrator initially appears to be "sane," and it is only as the story progresses that the reader begins to doubt his mental capacity. This is achieved due to the fact that the narrator speaks to the reader directly. The use of this practice allows the reader to follow the mental processes of the narrator, allowing the reader to slowly notice his insanity.
This kind of structure of the story creates the perspective
of the main character through a detailed of opinion on what happened to his
life. The readers would be able to understand what went through his mind when
he went psychotic.
“When thinking” is the right answer (the definition of retrospect is “a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time”. So “when thinking “ is most likely the right answer.
