One aspect of human nature is to wish for things we don't already have. Gambling is a good example of this. People spend money on lottery tickets in hopes of winning a much larger sum of money. After all, don't we all wish we were wealthy or had a bigger house or better car? W.W. Jacobs, in The Monkey's Paw tells a story of a family who tempted fate and had a devasting outcome, pointing out that greed always comes with a price.
A visitor at the White’s home, Sargeant Major Morris, introduces a monkey's paw and it's curse to the White family. Morris showed the monkey's paw to the them and said, "To look at, it's just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy." He continued to explain, that the paw had a spell put on it by a Fakir.
A visitor at the White’s home, Sargeant Major Morris, introduces a monkey's paw and it's curse to the White family. Morris showed the monkey's paw to the them and said, "To look at, it's just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy." He continued to explain, that the paw had a spell put on it by a Fakir.