Has anyone read "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Question

We have do an assignment in school writing the story in a different point of view...What would you think if i rewrote the story in a (made up) mouse's point of view?

Answer 1

A different point of view - yikes. It's the original point of view, the story's being told by the crazy murderer himself, that makes the story so chilling.
But if you HAVE to - well, why not make it from the cat's point of view. And if not that, try third person limited.
"Third person limited became the most popular narrative perspective during the twentieth century. Third person limited is sometimes called the "over the shoulder" perspective; it shows the story as though the narrator could only describe events that could be perceived by a viewpoint character. It can be used very objectively, showing what is actually happening without the filter of the protagonist's personality, thus allowing the author to reveal information that the protagonist doesn't know or realize. However, some authors use an even narrower and more subjective perspective, as though the viewpoint character were narrating the story; this is dramatically very similar to the first person, allowing in-depth revelation of the protagonist's personality, but uses third-person grammar. Some writers will shift perspective from one viewpoint character to another.
In third person limited the narrator is outside of the story and tells the story from only one character's view. The character's thoughts are revealed through the narrator. The reader learns the events of the narrative through the perceptions of the chosen character. Third person limited uses pronouns such as, he, she, they, their, herself, himself, themselves, etc."

Answer 2

That's an interesting idea, but wouldn't that still be first-person? Your teacher may be asking you to use third-person or second-person point of view. If you use third-person omniscient you would switch between all the characters. I like the idea of using the first-person point of view of the cat, that'd be really creepy.

Answer 3

Uhm, that could be interesting... but I don't think it's what your teacher is hoping to show you.

Try it from third person omniscient.

Answer 4

Yes, I think that would be good and original. Nice idea.