Lit. Elemnts in the Black Cat and How Much Land Does a Man

In the short stories, The Black Cat and How Much Land Does A Man Need?, a third, abstract party is present that completely affects the outcome of the story without directly doing anything to the other parties/characters. In How Much Land Does A Man Need, the third party is the Devil. In The Black Cat, the third party is alcohol. How Much Land Does A Man Need? begins with a man of relative innocence, …

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