Answer:
He knows that he doesn't have enough to bribe the boys into whitewashing the fence
Explanation:
Please write your chapter first
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.
Edgar can be a tricky man, but he is speaking of a lover that is no longer around. His lover is mentioned in stanza one, he feels that all is lost.
anyways the answer you're looking for here is that ; The speaker's love was unrequited
