Consequences Of Tone In The Monkey's Paw And Old Grandfather

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You want to make wise choices when you wish in the monkey paws they wish for two pounds and consequences unfold. The three topics are theme and characterization and tone.
Characters from “The Monkey’s Paw and Old Grandfather taught me about choices and consequences through theme, characterization and tone. The theme in each text choices have consequences. Morris makes a choice to introduces the paw to the white family. Morris says; ‘It’s just a bit of what you might call magic ‘’’ ‘Jacob 2’’
By calling the paw magic Morris choices to entice the whites to wish on the paw.
Morris Choose to introduce the paw even knowing how severe the consequences could be. The theme in the ‘’Old Grandfather” is similar because It also proves how we choices

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