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The White Family The Monkey's Paw

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The overall message in the story and in real life is that things can be too good to be true. For example, in life you could get a call saying that you won a free trip to the Caribbean. Once you look into it, you found out that you have to do something or pay a sum of money to go on the trip. This is to good too be true because even though it says it is a free trip, it turned out not to be. This is why I think it is the overall message in the story because things in life always come at a cost. In the story, Sergeant- Major Morris gave the White Family the Monkey’s Paw because they asked and begged for it. The White family thought that they were getting a chance to grant three wishes of their choice, but they didn’t consider the dangers in which Morris warned them about. …show more content…

Morris is saying that you can make a wish if you would like, but I strongly suggest that you don’t. The White family somewhat push aside this statement and decide to wish for 200 pounds, thinking there is no harm in

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In W.W Jacob’s short story “The Monkey’s Paw,” there are many instances of foreshadowing in order to keep readers engaged and on the edge of their seats. In part one of “The Monkey’ Paw’” the White family is introduced to the monkey’s paw by, family, friend Sergeant Major Morris. Major Morris explains the dire outcome of using the paw. Mrs. White asks if anyone has used the paw before and Major Morris responds with “The first man used his wishes, yes,”...”I don 't know what his first two wishes were, but the third was for death.

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Furthermore, when asked if his wishes came true, he replied, “I did”. ( 9). This started all sorts of ideas and possibilities in the Whites’ minds, thinking of how with the paw they can get all they ever wanted. Knowing what happens to the family later in the story, if we think about it, if Sergeant-Major Morris had never told the story behind the paw or that it worked they would have never wanted it. In short, if Sergeant-Major Morris

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Thesis: In The Monkey's Paw by W.W Jacobs, the realistic essence of the monkey's paw made it fundamentally creepy. Point 1: The monkey's paw is a symbol for inclination for greed, exposing our superior wants as people, even the most humble. Point 2: Consequences for the actions of those using the paw develops the image of regret and fear. Point 3:

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#1 about “The Monkey's Paw” The cause is that Morris said If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens. Sargent-Major Morris was the when Mr. White the paw, that night he gave it to him because he wanted it for it's power, Morris told Mr. White that the last wish will be evil. The fear in the charters words what they say it is like they

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I believe the Whites deserved what happened to them on account of them choosing to use the monkey's paw. Despite the fact that Morris told them about the dangers of the monkey’s paw, they became greedy for the three wishes. They knew what the consequences were, nevertheless, they wanted to wish, and they got what was coming to them. So in summary, I believe that the Whites deserved what happened to them due to their decision of using the monkey’s paw.

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Sergeant-Major Morris chucks the monkey’s paw in the fire but Mr. White takes it. Morris gave Mr. White a warning but he disregards it. After, his son told him to wish for 200 pounds so he did it without putting further thought into it. In “The Third Wish “on page 103, it states, “He decided to use his first wish and keep the other two in case of an emergency.” He was careful when making his first wish.

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People do not think about the consequences of their actions and only acknowledge the immediate reward or happiness they will receive. Mr. White asked Sergeant Morris about the Monkey's paw he had, ¨telling me the other day about a monkey's paw¨(Jacob 2). In Chinese culture monkeys symbolize fortune and luck which are more magical, further symbolizing the wishes. In other Asian cultures, a monkey symbolizes more positive ideas like joy and happiness. The White family was happy because they believed their wishes might come true.

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“Let’s burn it. Better get rid of it before it causes more troubles to others.” Morris grabbed the paw from the table and threw it in the blaze. But, Morris leaned too far out and fell in the fire with the monkey paw. He began screaming as the flames engulfed his whole body, and Mr. White stood

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In The Monkeys Paw, Mrs. White used the magical object (monkey’s paw). One out of the three wishes granted using the monkeys paw was to have her son back. The outcome of this was pounding at the door, not knowing exactly who was behind the door. The Monkeys Paw is all about granting wishes and not expecting its outcome. This is comparable to The Story of an Hour because Mrs. Mallard wished to have her husband back in her life, but she didn’t expect the outcome of actually seeing her husband alive.

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The enslavement of African American’s has many negative impacts on the United States’ legal system in many ways. One of the ways slavery have impacted the United States’ legal is Caucasian people had developed theories to claim that the Caucasians were inferior to African Americans. Some of the Caucasian people that contributed to coming up with theories or ideas that Caucasians was superior to African Americans are Thomas Jefferson, Charles White, Oliver Goldsmith and Benjamin Rush. During slavery one of the theories Caucasians in the United States believed was that African American people were inferior to Caucasian people. One of the Caucasian people that believed this theory was Thomas Jefferson.

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With Morris’s face whitening, it tacitly tells the audience that something terrifying happened when Morris made his wishes. This foreshadows that something dreadful will happen once the Whites make their wishes. Question 2: Compare Mr. White’s feelings about the monkey’s paw when he makes the first wish, second wish, and third wish. How does his attitude change?

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The conflict in the story is not only the monkey’s paw but was somewhat Mr. White’s attitude. If he never was that greedy the story would have changed he would have agreed with Morris and burned the monkey’s paw but he didn’t want to do that creating the plot. Any change in the plot could have/ would have altered the course of the story but also altering the theme. In “The Monkey’s Paw,” the downfall of the White family is when they receive the two hundred pounds as a compensation for the son’s death which was actually caused by messing with fate.

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“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality”-Edgar Allan Poe. All great horror stories represent that quote. There is one story that does not. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs is not a horror story because there is not a monster, it is not believable, and it does not have a creepy setting. Classic horror stories usually have some sort of a monster in it, whether the monster is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Frankenstein.

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In the short story, The Monkey 's Paw we are first introduced to the White, the Mrs.White, Mr.White, and their son, Herbert White. Later in the story, we are introduced to Sergeant Major Morris who brought the mummy-like monkey’s paw to the Whites house. The theme of the Monkey 's paw is to never interfere with fate. The theme is shown through many forms in the short story. The forms are the events, the foreshadowing, and the actions.

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