Intentionally misleading a person can result in different outcomes, a negative or a positive, depending on the situation and how a person reacts to it. A time I was misled was when I was growing up and was told about the Tooth Fairy, I was told about the popular myth and was intentionally misled into believing that it was true. Most kids are told about many of these myths when they are young. In fact, almost all of my friends grew up convinced that the Tooth Fairy was real. In primary school, when a classmate lost their tooth, the adult in charge would also play a big role in keeping the toddlers’ faith solid on the belief of the myth. At home, my older brothers would get shushed by my parents when the topic was brought up by me. And when I lost a tooth, I would always wake up in the morning with a …show more content…
Montresor is aware that Fortunado cannot resist his obsession for amontillado so he uses the wine to lure him into his trick while he is intoxicated. “I encountered my friend…for he had been drinking much… ‘My dear Fortunado…I have received a pipe of what passes or Amontillado.’ ‘Amontillado! … Let us go!’” (62, 63). Montresor is clever and uses tricks to mislead and trick Fortunado in his weak state. I would compare this story to my personal experience. In this scenario I would say that I resemble Fortunado because of the way we both had an incident where we were misled. As for Montresor, I could compare him to those who contributed to my belief of the myth. However, Fortunado was misled in a negative way that resulted in a bad outcome whereas my outcome definitely did not affect me in the way it did for him, because he was misled which ultimately resulted in his