Who Is Montresor's Target

I Can we trust anyone? In Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor is a deceitful man who buries his friend, Fortunato alive. Throughout the story, Fortunato has a slow intelligent level and he is an innocent man, which makes him an easy target. The story ends when Fortunato is chained up to a wall made of granite and is buried alive by Montresor. Fortunato makes himself an easy target because he is a weak, lonely, and a drunk. Due to the fact that Fortunato is lonely and sincere at times, he does not realize that loneliness makes it easy for Montresor to get away with murder. In order for Montresor to set up his plan to kill Fortunato he decides to joke around with Fortunato, which shows that Fortunato is foolish in believing anything Montresor says. "Very good, indeed an excellent jest. He will have many a rich laugh about it in the Plazzo. He! He! He! (p. 4, li. 36-40). In addition to Fortunatos lack of intelligence, this action shows that he is slow on gathering information. It is clear from this information that Fortunato does not think Montresor would do anything violent to him since they are friends.
Looking closely at how Fortunato acts when Montresor is burning him slowly, shows that Fortunato does anything for attention. Since Montresor is his friend, he does not suspect anything strange at first. "He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation. I did not understand" (p. 3 li. 17-19). Fortunato has the tendency to need attention even though he did not understand Montresor when he mentioned harm to himself. It is clear from this situation that Fortunato is always wanted to be