- I think this quote is saying that pets are trying to get the heart of the owner. The pets have their own way of making the owner get attached. Once the owner gets attached sometimes you cant let go.
2. What is the significance of the cat's name, Pluto?
- Pluto is the farthest planet away from the sun, its the ninth planet, and its the coldest planet.
3. Why did the narrator initially restrain himself from maltreating the cat while maltreating other animals?
- He didnt mistreat the cat because it was his bestfriend and the cat followed him everywhere. The cat loved him.
4. Why does he eventually mistreat the cat?
- He eventually started mistreating the cat because he realized that the cat loved him and he hated anybody that loved him.
5. Describe the narrator's feelings after abusing the cat. Why is that significant?
- He felt bad but it really didnt bother him or get to his soul of what he did to the cat. He really didnt care because the cat loved him and he didnt like that and he knew what he did was bad.
6. How does the narrator define "perversness"? Do you agree with his definition? Do you agree that it is human nature?
- You do something wrong because you know its wrong and you want to do it. Yes I agree with his definition because most of the time whjen people do wrong they know what there doing and they know its bad. No I don't agreen because its not right to do something that you know is wrong.
7. Discuss the significance of the following quote: "[I] hung it because I knew it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offense; because I knew that in doing so I was commiting a sin."
- I think that he knew what he was doing and that he just wanted to kill that cat to kill. He didn't care about the cat because it loved him and he didn't like that. So he decided to kill just to comit a sin.
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