Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.
Which statement best describes the narrator’s reliability in “The Black Cat”?
1: The narrator is reliable because he describes how much he loved animals when he was a young man.
2: The narrator is unreliable because his use of alcohol alters his character and behavior.
3: The narrator is reliable because he honestly regrets how he treats his wife.
4: The narrator is unreliable because he denies that he ever mistreated his cat, Pluto.
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