The stories "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe and "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by O'Connor have similarities in the plot and theme. They approach an ending by giving the reader a slow decending feeling. With Poe's story Montressor is a persuasive and manipulative person who lures Furtunato to follow him to his wine cellar, in hopes of tasting the Amontillado. In O'Connor's story the lure is the old house that the grandmother wants to go see one last time.
             In Poe's story Montressor has his plans thought out of how to get Fortunato to come to his wine cellar. Montressor tells Fortunato that he ahs bought some Amontillado but isn't sure if it's really Amontillado, and that he is going to take it to Luchesi to have him taste it. Fortunato opposes this idea because "Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry." This iswhat Montressor uses the most to lure Fortuato down to the wine cellar. Fortunato thinks he will be helping his friend out by tasting the Amontillado; what he doesn't know is that Montressor is going to kill him. The final scene is this story shows Montressor bricking a wall to trap Fortunato in, so he will die inside the cellar. This resembles the dark woods in O'Connor's story.
             In O'Connor's story we see a family that is getting ready to go on vacation.This would set a happy tone because vacations are pleasurable, like for Fortunato tasting the Amontillado would be pleasurable. O'Connor puts the reader in a house with a normal family that has no problems, making the setting similar to the cheery carnival season that is in Poe's story. Neither story shows any evidence of something bad happening. Then, the grandmother reads an article in the paper about The Misfit. This will later come into play at the end of the story when she is pleading for her life. The next scene that O'Connor gives us is in the car where the family is on their way to Tennessee. They are heading to where they are going on vacation so this would make f...