Aujourd’hui we took our vocabulary quiz and began writing an essay comparing the villians of “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” The prompt for the essay was as follows:

The National Library of Medicine describes sociopathology in the following way:

Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal.

Using this definition and your understanding of “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Cask of Amontillado,” write an essay explaining whom you think is the greater sociopath, Montresor or General Zaroff. You must use one quote from each story as evidence.

I told you that we’ll continue writing this in class on Wednesday, and that it will be due at the end of that period.

Also, if you would like to take the practice PSAT quiz, you can get 10 extra credit points on your vocabulary quiz!

Tomorrow we are meeting at the library. See you there!