In “The Black Cat”, I believe that this short story can remind everyone who ever read it about the effects of alcohol because I totally agree with the end of the narrator. I know someone cannot avoid drinking because of social rule, but we can control own life. However, there are many epitomes in my life who had lost own physique because of alcohol, and they cannot turn to vivid original people as they ever were. I think the end of the narrator is very fair because he hurt and killed many lives: remission is not thing that he should get. Finally, the short story opened my eye to avoid alcoholic to be partner not only for working, but also for living.