The Cask of Amontillado: Lyman In many great literary works, an inanimate object can be as important and sometimes more important than the characters to an author when making his point. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” the cask of amontillado is as, if not more important than Fortunato and Montressor (the main characters) in the development of the story. Montressor uses the wine to lure the unsuspecting Fortunato to his death. In Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible,” the car plays an equally important role but for different reasons. The car is first introduced at the beginning of the story. The brothers Lyman and Henry get a ride to Winnipeg and are walking down the street, sightseeing when they see the red Oldsmobile convertible. Lyman (the story is told from his point of view) almost makes the car a living ....

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