Drunken Body, Sober Mind

I think alcohol only intensifies the truth. Especially with mean drunks. In the Black Cat, I think the narrator was really a crazy mess about to go on full tilt without alcohol, and I think that the cat sensed that. Since the narrator was a drunk most of the time, he felt that the cat was a crazy demon, when possibly the cat was only scared of him and trying to defend itself. The narrator took it to a whole new level by torturing the cat. Of course the poor lil' cat was like, "Bump this," and hated the narrator. With the narrator already being crazy, his alcohol intake brought it to life and made it real. So, he takes an axe to the cat. Really? Unnecessary. I don't think he meant to kill his wife, but putting her body in his cellar walls isn't exactly saying "I'm sorry." I'm just trying to say that he might have been able to deal with his out-of-whack mind if he didn't drink.