Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative. Which statement best describes the narrator's reliability in "The Black Cat"?

1: The narrator is reliable because he describes how much he loved animals when he was a young man.

2: The narrator is unreliable because his use of alcohol alters his character and behavior.

3: The narrator is reliable because he honestly regrets how he treats his wife.

4: The narrator is unreliable because he denies that he ever mistreated his cat, Pluto.