Monkey's Paw

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Have you ever received something in your life that seemed to be great, but in the end it changes your life forever? In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” by WWW.Jacobs, a family was given a paw that granted them three wishes. They made the wishes, but one particular wish resulted in their son, Herbert’s, death. Sergeant Major Morris is the most responsible for Herbert’s death which will be seen through several examples from the text. The evidence will show that Sergeant Major Morris is responsible for Herbert’s death. Sergeant Major Morris knew what the paw was capable of doing, and it brought bad luck to people. In the text Sergeant Major Morris said that “it has a spell put on it by an old fakir” (Page 34). Sergeant Major Morris gave the paw to

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