Monkey's Paw: Comparing Book And Movie

The “Monkey’s Paw" is a short story and movie that are different in many ways. The "Monkey's Paw, " story and movie are being compared and contrasted. These pieces from the movie and the story state how the two share similarities and how they differ. The reading of the story and the watching of the movie have led me to know what happens throughout the story and movie. The reading of the story and the watching of the movie have led me to know what happens throughout the story and movie.

The story and the movie are different in ways in which you can see what happens with your own eyes and not from a story. In the story, Mr.White made a wish to bring back his son and it seemed as if they were inside at the time, but in the movie they had stepped

In the movie, it was stated that Mr.White wished for 300 pounds, but in the story he only wished for 200 pounds. In the story, when Mr.White and his son were playing chess he talked about their home, but in the movie he gave us the same idea but worded it differently. In the movie, Mr.White stated, “I wish,” but in the story it only said that he wished. This shows that the movie gives a little bit more light on what’s going on. In the story, it states that Mrs.White went to the gate, but in the movie it showed that she stayed on the ground crying before the movie ended. The story and movie have the same info that is being given throughout the story or movie, but they are just worded differently to better organize the

The watching of the movie and the reading of the story led me to acknowledge how the 2 pieces are generally formed. With evidence from both the movie and story, I have noticed some similarities and differences as they relate to the general formation of the story and movie. Some similarities that the movie and story shared were the way that Herbert beat Mr. White in chess, Sergeant Major was invited into their homes, and lastly they both had a part where Mr.White asked Sergeant Major if he had already been granted his 3 wishes. Some differences that the story and movie didn’t share were when Mr.White wished for 300 pounds, instead of the intended 200 pounds that was wished for in the movie, when Mr.White and Mrs.White stepped outside of their home after Mrs.White wished for her son to come back from the dead, and lastly the flashbacks that were shown as an intent to show why Sergeant Major didn’t want anyone to be cursed by the monkey's paw. After watching the movie it could be shown that the movie gives more of a visual idea of what happens in the scene, rather than someone reading the story and having to picture what it’s going to look