Edgar Allan Poe used the term “spirit of perverseness” in the short story “The Black Cat” illustrating the man’s insanity levels. At first his instincts causes him to react and hurt the cat’s eye when it scratches him. Overwhelming feelings from abandonment to hostility stirs in the man until he snaps and takes the cat’s life. He kills the cat tired of feeling the guilt from damaging the animal and its love. He's taunted every time he sees it and he thinks he's justified.
I remember when I was in 9th grade the “spirit of perverseness” hit me at a time when my best friend and I were arguing. I can’t say what we were arguing over though but she had started it! I know I was very aggravated over the situation which led to my revengeful scheme. Something came over me that I couldn’t resist, I knew my deviant plan would work and I could get by with it. I created it only to get her in trouble by writing on my locker making it look as if she had wrote it! This message then gave me reason for a returned retaliating message that I also wrote on HER locker. We both got in trouble just as I conspired! Even though I received detention, so did she and we both had to clean the messages we had wrote! I felt very justified, even though I was in the wrong, at the time I thought it was asked for! I believe the “spirit of perverseness” isn’t always evil, as long as it’s not harmful, sometimes lessons aren’t learned easily. Some people need a conspiring mind to kick theirs into another direction.
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