Summary Of The Story 'The Monkey's Paw'

In the story, “The Monkey’s Paw,” the White family bestows a guest, Sergeant Major Morris. He has with him a mummified and cursed monkey paw. Morris throws it in the fire but Mr.White thinks that he must have it. So he fishes out of the fire and makes a wish for 200 pounds. Little did they know that when u make a wish it costs you something. Morris did warn them of this but they did not listen. Their son lost his life due to his father's wish. Herbert was at the door at the end of the story, but not in his regular human form. He was a zombie looking, person because he had been dead for 10 days and buried for 7 days. As author W.W. Jacobs shows how sad the family is because they have just lost their son and they then realize that they still …show more content…
They had waited so long then they hear a knock on their door, “It's my boy; it's Herbert!” she cried, struggling mechanically. “I forgot it was two miles away.”(Jacobs 8). This piece of evidence is important because it shows that Mrs.White, Herbert’s mother believes that it is him outside knocking on their door. This quote was chosen because it displays how ecstatic she was when she knew that her son had come to the door after crawling out of the grave and walking two miles to their home. This quote shows how sure Mrs.White was that it was her son at the door. She knew, all mothers have that feeling when they're children are near, and that is the feeling that Mrs.White got when the knock on the door came. This quote also gives a view of why it took so long for the knock to come to the door, Mrs.White says that she forgot the cemetery was two miles away. To support the claim that Herbert came back not totally human this quote helps support my claim. “For God’s sake don't let it in,” cried the old man, trembling. “You're afraid of your own son,” she cried struggling. “Let me go. Herbert; I’m coming.” (Jacobs 8).This information is very important because of the way that the text is