Cats are animals with opulent potentials and often play significant roles in literature. As we know, cats are often depicted negatively through books and through the media. They are also involved in some of our unlucky superstitions. Cats are the victims of discrimination because they are portrayed negatively and sometimes even thought of demonic creatures. But in reality, cats are wonderful creatures that are even pleasant to have in our own homes. Our image of cats are contaminated because cats have a negative image in society but we shouldn't be bias towards them because they are outstanding creatures.
             In literature, metaphors not only can be used as literal interpretation of events, but also have metaphorical meanings. An ideal example would be the black cat portrayed in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat?and how the narrator implies throughout the story that the cat is a demonic creature. The black cat in the short story not only has a literal meaning of a normal household cat, but also has a metaphorical-side of meaning. As the narrator's personal demon, the cat haunts him throughout the story and brings him to the point of near insanity.
             The black cat is mentioned several times throughout the story. The black cat is first mentioned when the narrator's wife noticed his partiality for domestic pets and "lost no opportunity of procuring those of the most agreeable kind?(The Black Cat, 96), which includes a black cat. In the beginning, the narrator describes the cat as a "large and beautiful animal, entirely black, and sagacious to a degree?(96). When he describes the cat in this way, the narrator gave us his view of the cat as an everyday, normal household cat that people who have had an encounter with cats can feel a real connection to. Even though some may have the superstitious belief that black cat might be a minion of the underworld or a witch in disguise, which his wife did when sh...