The Monkey's Paw: What Path Will You Take?

What Path Will You Take? You have different paths you can take in life, for highschool, for sports, for college, for classes, even for the friends you can make or have. But, sometimes you want something to happen before it will happen. In sports, if you want to win that much, sometimes people cheat the game, or people may cheat on tests, or just try to get ahead. But, if you do that your life may not end up the way you want it to be. The short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs explains the White family ends up with a magical monkey’s paw and interferes with fate. Another example of this is in the article, “What Do You Wish For” by Kristin Lewis and Adee Braun which explains how to work toward your goals that you wished came easier to

We as humans control our own destiny by the choices we make. One reason humans choose their own destinies is by making choices in life that can lead to an end result. Humans choose their own destiny, by choosing the paths they want to follow. This idea is shown throughout the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs on pages 20-21 which explains how Sergeant Major Morris wants to “wash his hand” of the Monkey’s Paw and he wants to get rid of it. Mr. White takes the paw from Morris and explains how if Morris doesn’t want it he should give it to him, yet again Morris doesn’t agree but gives it to Mr. White. Mr. White asks how to make a wish and Morris explains it to him, at the time he doesn’t make a wish. When Morris leaves the White’s son Herbert tells his father he will be happier if the house was paid off, so Mr. White wishes for 200 pounds. This clearly shows that Mr. White chose to take the paw from Sergeant Major Morris and used it. Another example of this is in the article “What Do You Wish For?” on page 24 which

One example of this is in the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs on pages 22-23 which explains, Mrs. White wants Mr. White to use their second wish and wish their boy alive again. Mr. White knows it's a bad idea and tries to fight it. When he wished for Herbert to come back he came back, but what we thought was friendly, kind little Herbert was not. This ghost of Herbert was banging on the door very loudly, and Mr. White knew it was going to happen. He was searching for the Monkey’s Paw and finally found it and wished for it to go away. In the end of the story Mr. and Mrs. White still had a dead son and unhappiness. This shows that Mr. and Mrs. White were very greedy with what they wanted and ended up losing someone they loved. Another example of this is in the article “What Do You Wish For?” by Kristin Lewis and Adee Braun on page 25 which states, “If you don’t reach your goal, don’t sweat it. “It’s not a matter of succeeding or failing,” Desautels says. Remember, if you fail today, you can always try again tomorrow. In the words of Thomas Edison, who invented the incandescent lightbulb after many years of trying and failing: “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” This shows that sometimes the consequence to your action is failing. Even though that is very tough for