The Monkey's Paw Book Analysis

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The monkey's paw essay

“The Monkey's Paw” was written by W.W Jacobs in 1902.This story is about the White family and how they received the monkey's paw that made twisted wishes.Mr.White decided to use the monkey’s paw in a greedy way and something tragic happen. The overarching theme of this story is to be more thoughtful of what you wish for.A cinematic version of this story was created in 2011.The film and the text have several similarities and differences, such as Herbert dying because of of wish and how the movie and book were ended.

One similarity between the text and the film is Herbert (the son ) dying in a machine accident because of his greedy father's wish. This is an important part of the story, and was necessary in both

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