ed a radical alteration for the worse. I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others." (Cat,pg.545-6,P6.ln1-5). Needless to say, he was turning in to a, not very nice, guy. He starts to mis-treat the animals and he even offers his wife personal violence. This is a long way off of the boy who was made fun of because he loved animals so much and because he was so nice. "My pets, of course, were made to feel the change in my disposition. I not only neglected, but ill-used them. For Pluto, however, I still retained sufficient regard to restrain me from maltreating him, as I made no scruple of maltreating the rabbits, the monkey, or even the dog, when by accident, or t
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