Summary of The Monkey’s Paw
The Monkey’s Paw is about a talisman created by a fakir that grants three wishes per person. When Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend of Randall who visits him to catch up, he tells Randall about the story of the legend of the Monkey’s Paw. Morris gives the paw to Randall after warning him and telling about the past wishes, but Randall chooses to keep it and makes his first wish for two-hundred pounds. The morning after, Sammy, Randall’s only son, goes off to work and gets caught in the machinery. A worker from the company Sammy worked with goes to the Whites’ home and tell the family the news of Sammy’s fatal accident. Upon receiving this news, Randall and his wife Eliza are in mourning and wish for Sammy to be alive …show more content…
According to “Old Masters of Horror: W.W. Jacob’s” it states that “his horror output, though memorable, was small, consisting of approximately 20 short stories”(2) This connection can be made, for this short story was originally in “The Lady of The Barge” which happened to be a book containing short stories written by W.W. Jacob’s. The biography “Old Masters of Horror: W.W. Jacobs” it proclaims that “‘The Monkey’s Paw’ the classic cautionary tale illustrating that you must be careful what you wish for”(2). It connects to The Monkey’s Paw, because Randall thought the consequences of the first wish had already done enough harm to both him and Eliza. Sammy’s death had caused them to be in mourning for two …show more content…
Others call it “taboo” (1). The author created a list of things she wished people understood about mourning a child’s death. The first being that “grief and love are the same thing” (1). This explains how after a year and a half, the author continues to loves her daughter deeply as she implied “Love never dies, therefore neither will grief”(1). Such as Eliza for she loves the child she has nursed and given birth to. The second guideline explaining how she will never forget her daughter as she pointed out that “the trauma of losing (her) child is always one step behind” (1). As the fact clarifies that the mother may look okay and as if she can rise up again: the author will never completely be over her child’s death.Corresponding to Eliza whereby she continues to have grief over losing her child in the machinery. The third experience reveals that “silence is deafening”(1). According to the author, “wrongly worded sentiments are easier to forgive than silence”(2). Just as Randall and Eliza had felt at the amount of money the company had given them as compensation. The fourth regard unravels at which point her daughter is irretrievable. As put “babies are not interchangeable and any subsequent child born after is not replacement”(2). Whereas Eliza wants to wish for Sammy alive once more and nothing else. In the fifth remark, it points out by which her daughter will always be on her mind. As stated “my mind is going to
The Monkey’s Paw is about a talisman created by a fakir that grants three wishes per person. When Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend of Randall who visits him to catch up, he tells Randall about the story of the legend of the Monkey’s Paw. Morris gives the paw to Randall after warning him and telling about the past wishes, but Randall chooses to keep it and makes his first wish for two-hundred pounds. The morning after, Sammy, Randall’s only son, goes off to work and gets caught in the machinery. A worker from the company Sammy worked with goes to the Whites’ home and tell the family the news of Sammy’s fatal accident. Upon receiving this news, Randall and his wife Eliza are in mourning and wish for Sammy to be alive …show more content…
According to “Old Masters of Horror: W.W. Jacob’s” it states that “his horror output, though memorable, was small, consisting of approximately 20 short stories”(2) This connection can be made, for this short story was originally in “The Lady of The Barge” which happened to be a book containing short stories written by W.W. Jacob’s. The biography “Old Masters of Horror: W.W. Jacobs” it proclaims that “‘The Monkey’s Paw’ the classic cautionary tale illustrating that you must be careful what you wish for”(2). It connects to The Monkey’s Paw, because Randall thought the consequences of the first wish had already done enough harm to both him and Eliza. Sammy’s death had caused them to be in mourning for two …show more content…
Others call it “taboo” (1). The author created a list of things she wished people understood about mourning a child’s death. The first being that “grief and love are the same thing” (1). This explains how after a year and a half, the author continues to loves her daughter deeply as she implied “Love never dies, therefore neither will grief”(1). Such as Eliza for she loves the child she has nursed and given birth to. The second guideline explaining how she will never forget her daughter as she pointed out that “the trauma of losing (her) child is always one step behind” (1). As the fact clarifies that the mother may look okay and as if she can rise up again: the author will never completely be over her child’s death.Corresponding to Eliza whereby she continues to have grief over losing her child in the machinery. The third experience reveals that “silence is deafening”(1). According to the author, “wrongly worded sentiments are easier to forgive than silence”(2). Just as Randall and Eliza had felt at the amount of money the company had given them as compensation. The fourth regard unravels at which point her daughter is irretrievable. As put “babies are not interchangeable and any subsequent child born after is not replacement”(2). Whereas Eliza wants to wish for Sammy alive once more and nothing else. In the fifth remark, it points out by which her daughter will always be on her mind. As stated “my mind is going to