Fate In the gothic short story “Monkeys Paw" by William W. Jacobs there is a character responsible for what happens in the story. In the story the Fakir tried to show how fate ruled people's lives and that fate cannot be altered. Mr. White is the most responsible for the sorrow that occurred in the story. In the story it states “if you don't want it, give it to me, Morris. No I threw it on the fire” (William 2). This shows that Mr. White could have gotten rid of the monkeys paw instead of using the monkeys paw to make his three wishes. He saved the monkey paw from being destroyed in the fire. Sergeant-major Morris even said" if you keep it, Then don’t say that it is my fault. Be sensible-this it on the fire again." This shows that Mr. White