Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. read this excerpt from “the black cat” by edgar allan poe. the fury of a demon instantly possessed me. i knew myself no longer. my original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame. how does the first-person point of view affect the meaning of the text