THE BLACK CAT

EDGAR ALLAN POEEVA ROYO PIULACHSMARC SORIANO RAMÍREZ

4th ESO ‘B’

EDGAR ALLAN POE

• HE WAS BORN ON 19TH JANUARY 1809 IN BOSTON.

• HE BECAME ORPHAN VERY YOUNG.• HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOME OF JOHN

ALLAN.• HE STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

VIRGINIA.• HE MARRIED HIS COUSIN VIRGINIA.• HE DIED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

(1849).

PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR

CURIOSITY ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BEFORE POE WAS AN AUTHOR, HE BECAME A SOLDIER FOR THE US ARMY (WHEN HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD) FOR 2 YEARS, THEN HE DISMISSED AND STARTED WRITING IN 1827.

STORIES AND POEMS

SHORT STORIES• THE BLACK CAT• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF

USHER• THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM• THE MURDERS IN THE RUE

MORGUE• THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

POEMS

• THE RAVEN• THE BELLS• ALONE• A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM

THE BLACK CAT

IT WAS FIRST PRINTED ON AUGUST 19TH 1843, IN PHILADELPHIA.

THE CHARACTERSTHE MAN•This unnamed character is an abusive bully and a murderer. He made home a living hell for his wife, pets, and himself. THE WIFE•His wife is kind, loyal and friendly.PLUTO•A cat that the wife bought to the man. First it’s a lovely cat, but at the end it became strange.THE SECOND CAT•The second black cat looks almost exactly like Pluto. It's big, black, and missing an eye. The only difference is the white spot.

THE PLOT

• THE BLACK CAT IS A HORROR STORY WITH CRIME AND MISTERY ABOUT A MAD MAN THAT BECAME AGRESSIVE.

SUMMARYTHE STORY IS ABOUT A MAN THAT LOVES ANIMALS MORE THAN

ANYTHING. HE LIVES WITH HIS WIFE, AND SHE BOUGHT HIM A BLACK CAT

CALLED PLUTO. FIRST, HE LOVED THE CAT, BUT ONE DAY HE STARTED TO

DRINK, AS A CONSEQUENCE HE STARTED TO HATE THE CAT, AND THE CAT

BECAME TO BEHAVE STRANGE. THE MAN TOOK A KNIFE AND CUT ONE OF

THE EYES OF THE CAT, AND SOME DAYS LATER HE HUNG HIM. ONE NIGHT

THE HOUSE BURNT AND THEY WERE LUCKY TO ESCAPE.

AFTER THAT THEY MOVED TO ANOTHER HOUSE, AND BOUGHT A NEW

BLACK CAT SIMILAR AT THE FIRST, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL

HAPPEN?

FILM STORIES

• THE BLACK CAT (1943).• DIRECTED BY EDGAR G. ULMER.

PERSONAL OPINION

• WE CHOOSE THIS BOOK BECAUSE WE LIKE HORROR STORIES AND JUST SEEING THE TITTLE OF THE BOOK IT ATTRACTED US.

• WE LIKE IT BECAUSE IT’S VERY ORIGINAL AND IT HAS A LOT OF MISTERY THAT THEN DEVELOPS INTO HORROR.

• WE RECOMMEND IT FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKES HAVING A BAD TIME READING HORROR STORIES.

THE END