How Does Fortunato Affect Poe

Montresor has got his revenge and Fortunato is trapped in the catacomb forever. This impacted Poe’s real life because Poe wanted to get revenge on his father too. Basically, Montresor is Poe and Fortunato is his father, John Allan. His hatred for his father helped make this story come true. This shows that Poe still hate his father for what he has done to Poe and he reflects that into his stories. In the poem, “Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe, he talks about his childhood and how he was always by himself. There was no one by his side and no one to support him. His mom died when Poe was only three years old and his father has left them. When Poe was taken in as a foster child, his foster father, John Allan, wasn’t pleased that Poe wanted to be a writer and eventually left him too. From when he was a small child, no one was there for him. “From childhood's hour I have not been/As others were-I have not seen/As others saw-I could not bring” (Poe 1-3). He talks about how from the start, he was different from the other children. He was a foster child and the others had their real family. He tries to compare himself to others and thinks that other people look at him differently. His childhood was harsh and that build up his anger and hatred that later was in his writing. …show more content…
Poe wrote to his father, John Allan, about how he is a bad father and that he was the one that told him to reach for his goals. His father was hard on him and only give Poe a small allowance to use. Poe and his father later lost all contact with each other. In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor wanted revenge on Fortunato. In order to do that, he lured Fortunato into a catacomb and essentially buried Fortunato alive. This story was made out of hatred and