Who Is The Narrator Of Fortunato

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I think the narrator is obviously insane, and should not be trusted to be giving any account in a reliably sane depiction of events. He, I assume the speaker is a man given the time portrayed in the text and circumstances that are represented, can be relied on to depicted the situations from his own warped reality. It is as if we are privy to the confession of a man who has committed what he feels is a justifiable act.
I think the narrator is defiantly hiding the truth from Fortunato, but I don’t think the narrator is manipulating the truth to the listener. He feels that Fortunato has wronged him and his action is completely just. His opinion of himself is that he is superior. He views the Italians as inferior and dishonest. He does not

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