'Eleven And The Cask Of Amontillado'

Author Harper Lee writes in the famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, that, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” Indeed, point of views are not only important in life, but also important when a reader reads a story, for different point of views could give readers and the story different effects. In these two short stories, “Eleven” and “The Cask of Amontillado”, both author uses first person point of view to each give the readers an opportunity to know the character better. One has a young cute narrator, Rachel; the other has the malicious, revengeful narrator, Montressor. Even though both “Eleven” and “The Cask of Amontillado” authors wrote their stories in first person point of view, however, these two narrators differ in …show more content…
Similar to “Eleven”, this story also used first person point of view, Montressor states his story to the readers, “I hastened to make an end of my labor. I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up.”(Poe 9). Through using first person point of view, author gives readers a detailed scene of the story in the character’s perspective, which helps the readers to understand the emotions of the character more. Moreover, “The Cask of Amontillado” also uses second person point of view in the beginning of the story, which shares a common with “Eleven”. Not only Montressor just simply states the story to the readers, he also interacts with the readers by using second person point of view. Montressor says in the beginning, “You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.” (Poe 1). At this point, Montressor addresses the readers directly, the only time he uses second person point of view. However, this brings the readers into the story, helping readers to understand more about Montressor, a brutal, merciless