Reader's Response: The BLack Cat

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The Black Cat. This story is about this man who is married to this woman. They both adored animals and had many pets. They had birds, fishes, a dog, a rabbit, a monkey, and a black cat. The black cat plays an important role. The man's wife would always tell him that all black cats were witches., but the black cat was the man's favorite pet. The cat would follow the man all around the house. The friendship between the man and the cat lasted a long time until the man became an alcoholic. His drinking made him more moody and irritated every passing day. The man started to treat his pet very badly, except for the black cat.The cat noticed the man's personality changes. So the cat started to stay clear of him. That angered the man very much. He started abusing the cat. The cat bit him and the man got madder so he pulled out a knife. He then used the night to stab the cat in the throat and to remove one of it's eyeballs. The next day the man felt guilty, although the cat had recovered. Every time the man came around the cat would run away in fear. Then the man decided to hang the cat from a tree. The man was relieved that he wouldn't have to put up wit the cat anymore. But something horrible happened. The man's house caught on fire. Him and his wife managed to escape though. When the fire was out he returned to see what was left. To his surprise he saw on his wall a figure of a huge cat wit a rope its neck on a white surface. Since the man';s house had burned he he had to find somewhere else to for him and his wife to live. They found somewhere. At this house the man found another black cat, very similar to the first one except it had a white spot on it's stomach. His wife adored the new cat. Eventually the man started to dislike the cat just like the one before it. One day he attempted to kill the cat. The wife tried to stop him but it didn't work, instead he accidentally struck his wife. She died. After that the cat was no where to be found. The man put his wife's dead body in the wall of their home. When the police came to investigate the man thought he'd be safe because there was no way they'd be able to find his wife dead body. But he was wrong. The police were about to leave until they heard meowing coming from behind the wall. They tore the wall down and found the black cat along with the man's dead wife.

The main character is a man who seemed to be very normal. He was a married man who loved animals (so it seemed). Until he let alcohol get the best of him. After becoming an alcoholic the man became very irritated by such a small thing like cat. He eventually turned totally insane. He killed his pet cat and eventually tried to kill another. In the process he killed his beloved wife and the cat disappears. The cat eventually becomes responsible for his arrest. Good kitty.! =]

I'd cast Johnny Depp as the man in this story because he always portrays his characters so well. Especially the crazy ones [like in his movie "Secret Window"]. As his wife I'd cast Nicole Kidman because for some reason I picture his wife being kinda pale which Kidman is. Plus she's a great actress.