Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story. Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat." I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen- knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the d*mnable atrocity. How does the first-person point of view affect the meaning of the text? Readers get an inside perspective on how the narrator feels about all of his pets. Readers learn the narrator's excuse for his cruel behavior. Readers learn about the narrator's behavior, but not his emotions. Readers gain insight into the narrator's shame after he cuts the cat’s eye 50 pts

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.