In the short story "The Monkey's Paw", Mr. White, Mrs. White, and Herbert were all affected by the emotion greed. In the beginning, Herbert was a selfless boy that worked to support his parents. After the heard about the monkey paw, however, he turns into more of a wealth loving character. He finds out about the wishes and almost immediately starts talking about being "rich and famous and happy", he also told his father to wish to be emperor. This, in my opinion, is a bit greedy. He starts wanting the merit and wealth rather then thinking about his family of how his father feels about the wishes or even what they may want to wish for.

Mrs. White shows most of her greed towards the end of the short story. Mrs. White didn't even think about