Old+Milon+Perkins

Alex Perkins

"Old Milon" by Guy de Maupassant is a very characteristic man. But the one quality that sticks out the most is his cunningness. This trait is probably the most important because without it, this story would have been completely different. The first sign of his cunning in this story is when he was nice to all the soldiers to gain their trust, which would later prove to be a very important thing. Having the soldiers trust, old Milon is able to gout after dark and commit his first murder. His next sign of cunning is when he killed the soldier, he takes his clothes and hides the body at the bottom of a pond. Next, he put on the man’s clothes to commit the next murders. When he is done with those crimes, he then later hides the horse.