She was not going through any acute mental process or reasoning with herself, nor was she striving to explain to her satisfactio
n the motive of her action. She was not thinking at all. She seemed for the time to be taking a rest from that laborious and fatiguing function and to have abandoned herself to some mechanical impulse that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility. Which topic is represented in the excerpt?
The excerpt shown in the above question shows a girl who is exhausted from everything (and everyone, apparently). This girl has no mood or disposition to do anything, and it is probably the result of some sad situation or stress that has left the girl in this weariness of life. The topic represented in the text is "the brief rejection of an obligatory role" because the girl cannot find the strength to meet her commitments and obligations.
"The narrator of the story "The Black Cat" can certainly be considered unreliable due to his alcoholism and his account of his sudden and drastic change in character. ... As the narrator becomes crueler, he seems to be unable to fully control his impulses or understand where his violent and ill-mannered behaviors stem from."
