The Monkey's Paw Analysis

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Monkey’s Paw Summary The story of the monkey was written by a well-known author named W.W. Jacobs. Jacobs was a great English short story writer and he also was a good novel writer as well. Jacobs’s stories and novels had lots of humor and laughter in them which made them standout. W.W. Jacobs was born on September 8th, 1863. To me the story the Monkey’s paw was about a family of three which was a son, mother, and a father. One day an old army friend drops by and decides to introduce the ancient Monkey’s Paw that is by the way hunted. The story takes place on a cold and wet night. The personality of the family is that they are eager to learn facts about the ancient Monkey’s Paw. The moral of the story to me is that the family should have listen to the Sergeant-Major Morris when he tells them about the Monkey’s Paw and how hunted it is throughout the story instead of just taking it in their own hands to find out as the father makes his three wishes. The role of the story was a good feeling in the beginning, then the mood switched up when Morris brought the Monkey’s paw into the house. …show more content…
All throughout the story if the mood had changed from creepy to sad and strange moments. The dark night feeling since it was a late cold and wet night made the mood even stranger, the house was dark with the fire place burning wood brightly. The family of three lived far out which made it even worse. The mood was just as creepy as the setting of the story. The old man and son were playing chess as the father had made a mistake hoping that the son wouldn’t catch it. Herbert had caught his mistake and all of a sudden called out checkmate when he win the match. When first meeting Sergeant- Major Morris the family had to get to know him. As Sergeant- Morris begin to get comfortable he begin to take drinks of whisky and begin to open up a lot more. Mr. White brought up the Monkey’s Paw when he asked Sergeant- Major Morris what’s that you started telling me the other day about the Monkey’s Paw. The family began to listen as Sergeant- Morris began to tell them about the Monkey’s Paw. He started off by saying the Monkey’s Paw was just magic the family of three was eager to know more. Sergeant- Morris began to tell them that the Monkey’s Paw was just regular little paw that was dried to the mummy. The family wanted to know what was so special about the ancient Monkey’s Paw. Sergeant- Morris told them a curse was put on the Monkey’s Paw by an Old Fakir …show more content…
The father had thought it was a game: he should have just let Sergeant- Morris burn it in the fire place and none of this would of happened. The myth of the historic Monkey’s Paw was really true, the family of three had to find out the hard way. They didn’t respect what was told to them. They should take into consideration that wrongs don’t make a right when a person is giving you knowledge about something that is real serious. The innocent family who started off as calm and cool ended up as a sad

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