Question

Which sentence from Paragraph two of "The Black Cat" offers the best explanation of the narrator's preference for animals over people?

A "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition."


B "My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions."


C "This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and, in my
manhood, I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure."


D "To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable."

Answer 1

The correct option is D.
The statement in option D explains that the narrator prefers animals' company over humans' because of the intensity of the gratification that he derived from such relationship. This implies that the narrator finds it more fulfilling having relationship with animals than having it with human, because he derives a lot of pleasure from it.