The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe?

Question

For English We Have a question at the End of the Short Story that asks
"Find out how long fortunato could last in a walled up niche,What would happen to him after being deprived of fresh air,water,and food from these gruesome facts,Draw some conclusions about how the human body reacts under certain conditions!" Now i Need Help answering this question What do i Write..Some One Please Help??

Answer 1

Are you by any chance in Mrs. Grillione's class at Dinuba High? We have the exact same question and it got assigned today also....

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Answer 2

You need to do some research on how long someone can survive without:
- water
- food-
- air
And then think about the fact that fortunato is probably panicking and yelling, so he would be using up more oxygen than a normal person who remains calm.

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Answer 3

The human body cannot go longer than 3-5 days without fluids, water is important!
The human body does not deal well with stress and can leave you both physically and mentally deprived.
He's forced against his will down there, surrounded by skeletons of the ones who were once in his situation...
Without any means of escape, he's probably expecting his death...

Source(s):

Read this when I was a freshman in high school.

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