Compare And Contrast Thank You Ma Am And The Cask Of Amontillado

“Thank you Ma’am” and “The Cask of Amontillado” was two diverse stories. The two main characters in “Thank you Ma’am” was extremely different from the main character in “The Cask of Amontillado”. The main character in “Thank you Ma’am” Mrs. Jones was a nice old woman who help out whenever she could and believe in forgiveness. On the other hand; the main character in “The Cask of Amontillado” was completely insane. These two characters ultimately reacted differently to the individuals who harassed them in the stories. Mrs. Jones was a kind elderly woman who was minding her business one day until a young man ran up and tried to mug her for her purse. But Mrs. Jones didn’t allow the bugarler to escape with her belongings as she fought the young man off. Instead of calling the police like any other person would do; she decided to take the young man back to her house. She told the young man to go wash up and get ready for dinner, and she ask the young man why was he mugging her. She forgive the young man and didn’t press charges or anything because Mrs. Jones believe in forgiveness. She had dinner with …show more content…
He didn’t really have friends but he didn’t play about respect. Montresor was strong and smart man but there’s only so much someone could take until the snap. “Fortunato had hurt me a thousands times and I learned that he laughed at my proud name, Montresor, the name of an old and honored family. I promised myself that I would make him pay for this- that I would have revenge.” said Montresor as he decided to take revenge on Fortunato. Montresor didn’t tell anyone of the plan as he patiently waited until the Carnival to take revenge because he knew this was the only place that he could get away with the murder. He made sure that the house was empty as he lured Fortunato to a close location where he is chained to a wall as Montresor builds another brick wall in front of him so that he’ll never be able to