Begin planning to write a narrative essay using the narrative organizer.

choose one of the following topics for your narrative essay.

in the short story, "the cask of amontillado," the reader is never told what the exact insult was that caused montresor to seek revenge against fortunato. write to tell what happened before the story begins in "the cask of amontillado."

or

in the short story, "the cask of amontillado," the reader is never told what becomes of montresor after he completes his plot against fortunato. write to tell what happened after the story ends in "the cask of amontillado."
you will only submit part one of your narrative organizer, though you will be completely writing a narrative essay of 1,000 to 1,500 words in subsequent lessons.

The insult most likely has to do with something about Montresor's family. When Montresor is in the catacombs with Fortuanto, Fortunato takes several unconscious digs at Montresor's family. At one point he says, "Oh, I forgot, the Montresors were once a great and noble family." In other words, Montresor's family is not as noble as it once was. Then, Fortunato makes the sign of the masons, an exclusive club of prominent men of the time. Then he says, "Oh, you are not of the masons?",an obvious dig a Montresor's prestige. Montresor quickly pulls out a trowel, a tool of the common mason, or bricklayer, and says, sarcastically, "Yes. Yes, I am a mason." Of course, this is a reference to Montresor's plan to bury Fortunato alive. Poor Fortunato is totally obvious to this plan because he is so proud and also drunk.