Comparing_The_Details

Comparing The Details “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe are both about conflicts between other characters; however, one story has a tone of anger and meanness, while the other has a tone of sadness and sorrow. First and foremost, both stories are alike because one of the characters in both stories kills another character. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the killing that takes place is intentional. Montresor kills Fortunato because he seeks revenge against him. The reason Montresor seeks retaliation against Fortunato is because Fortunato commits an intolerable attack, which is unstated. Montresor mortars Fortunato in an underground cellar because of the attack that Fortunato commits against Montresor. Once they get in the cellar, Montresor chains Fortunato up without any food or water. He then begins to mortar Fortunato in, leaving him to die. In “The Scarlet Ibis,” the narrator, which is Doodle’s brother, unintentionally kills his brother. In the last part of the short story, there is a lightning storm and the narrator leaves Doodle behind. Knowing that his brother cannot stay up to pace with him he begins to run as fast as he can. fortunato, montresor, tone, stories, doodle, because, both, scarlet, one, narrator, ibis, cask, brother, amontillado, different, author, words, sarcastic, sadness, normal, meanness, kills, conflicts, commits, characters, character, another, angry, anger, against, about, written, while, trying, though