It was Ahab's obsession with the past.
Well being able to read a native language helps you communicate to others. Literacy skills help you express your thoughts, and solve problems.
Hope you’re doing well too :)
The cask of amontillado is about a man named montresor who wanted revenge on a man named fortunato cause of an insult that was made. They meet at a carnival and montresor lured him into his home to bury him alive.