Read this excerpt from “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe.
One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth.
How does the author use symbolism in this passage to develop a clear idea
of the narrator's character?
Answer:
From the passage, the symbolism of the black cat symbolises the soul of the narrator which is dark, destroyed and decaying.
The black cat is symbolic because of its meow which draws attention to the wall and also the sickening pleasure the narrator has because he thinks he has gotten away with what he has done.
The word 'unfathomable' means not able to be understood.
to 'fathom' is to think or ponder on something so as to understand it.
<span>Using the APA guidelines, the correct answer among the
choices is the 1st one which is:</span>
<span>Stolley, Karl and Allen Brizee. "Is It Plagiarism
Yet?" The Owl at Purdue. Purdue U Online Writing Lab, 21 Apr. 2010. Web.
11 Jan. 2012.</span>
Bruno is sheltered by his family. He lives in the midst of a death camp, but his mother and father keep him innocent of what happens on the other side of the fence. Shmuel is a different story. He also shelters Bruno. Shmuel hints at things and reveals what happened to his home and family but goes mo further. There are multitude of boys at the camp, but they are kept isolated. This would account for shmuels remaining innocence.
