Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative. Which statement best describes the narrator's reli
ability in "The Black Cat"? The narrator is reliable because he willingly relates details of his breakdown into insanity. The narrator is unreliable because he claims he is telling the story factually. The narrator is unreliable because his emotions about the cat run from attentive and loving to cruel and violent. The narrator is reliable because he attributes his horrific actions to his alcoholism and to his hatred of the cat.
The poet compared imagination to a soaring bird because imagination is limitless, it can do anything and go anywhere, much like a soaring bird, who has the freedom and capabilites to do anything. Both are completely free of bounds.
