The Monkeys Paw

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The author of the story is W.W. Jacobs and the title of the novel is The Monkeys Paw. The physical setting is a dark an enclosed home. The temporal setting is a cold and wet feeling and creepy. He manipulates time by using words and phrases that are used to push time. The setting is very critical, the fire place helps create some light in the mist of darkness. The tone of the novel seems to be interested because of the interest showed in the monkey paw. The authors theme for this story is everything is not good for you.

The protagonist in this novel would be Mr. White solitary because when the monkey paw was threw into fire he grabbed it out and was very eager to use it. He is very complex and I say complex because he is very realistic a man

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