I believe that each person has a breaking point and that when he or she reaches it, their nature is changed. The narrator opens the story by explaining the countless amount of injuries that this name named Fortunado has caused against him. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato” (Poe 390). This vast number of instances have added up over a great deal of time. He had enough time to develop a relationship with this man and for there to be that many injuries. I believe that this is a weakness that I have. I often hold onto my grudges and the misdeeds that people commit against me. I watch as they build up one after another until they are about to burst as they did for the narrator. Instead of confronting the perpetrator at the beginning, I wait till
