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    Have you ever wanted to know the cause and effect with tell-tale heart and the monkeys paw? The problem that is they have the same genera which is a horror. And it is hard to compare the same genera, especially since they're similar. I will be using a first person point of view in my essay. In the monkey paw the whites wanted wishes and the wishes came back and haunted them. The white family got a cursed object when they answered the door because they were confused. What creates the suspense is…

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    Lhasa Apso Pups of Ancient China Meet The Mischievous Monkey of Siam Annie Pooh, Princess Pup series creator Steven Farkas takes Annie Pooh and MarLee to a new adventure, minus the diplomatic crisis. Fans of Annie Pooh and MarLee, rejoice. The cute and cuddly royal pups are back. A funny yet action-packed adventure awaits readers, young and old, in creator Steven Farkas’ Annie Pooh, Princess Pup, Monkey Shines: Annie Pooh and MarLee Meet Sangee the Monkey. Published by AuthorHouse, Annie…

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    stories "The Monkeys Paw" and "The Third Wish". These stories are very similar in their moods and motifs but also very different. There are many similarities in the two short story's "The Monkeys Paw" and "The Third Wish". But one thing that stood out was the overall mood. The overall mood to both stories is magical because all throughout the stories that is shown. The story "The Monkeys Paw" is about this man who comes to this family's house and gives them a magical paw that grants 3 wishes…

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    W. Jacobs 'Monkey's Paw'

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    In the story “Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs there is a character named Sergeant Major Morris. This character’s way of describing the paw shows that he believes in the paw, and he is scared of it. The author showed the Sergeant Major Morris was scared of the paw by the way he spoke when he was giving the paw away to the Whites family. He didn’t want to be there for the wishes, and he “warned them”. The story is about a magical paw that grants three wishes per family. The paw takes wishes very…

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    ribbons. Our class had been under the impression that the actor would talk and actually act out the story, but it was certainly interesting to see the director’s interpretation of it. Another example was the producer’s interpretation of Henry, in The Monkey’s Paw. Again, we had expected the character to be an adult, due to the fact that he had a job in the story. Yet, in the live performance, the character…

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    Room, and The Monkey’s Paw are two stories the give the mood horror and mystery. The two stories are told in one third person and the other in first person. The author in The Red Room tells this story in first person, the author is using his main character in the story to help with the mood for the reader to feel what the main character is feeling. In the story The Monkey’s Paw in third person to help the reader's mind go the way he wants it to go. In the short story The Monkey’s Paw the author…

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    The coolest monkey in the jungle The article “Turning H&M´s racist image around on white kids won´t fix anything” is written by Stacey Patton. It was published in January 12 2018, in The Washington Post. The article primary focus is to inform the reader about racism. 1. The add “The coolest monkey in the jungle” sparked mostly resentful responses. Even so the add doesn’t have a lot of audience it still has been seen as “cute” by a few white and black people. The boy’s mother told people to…

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    short stories the monkeys paw and the third wish demonstrate this quote by showing most wishes often come with unexpected consequences. These two stories are very much alike and share many similarities in both their moods, and motifs. There are many similarities between the two short stories The third wish and the monkeys paw. One major similarity they share is their overall mood. The mood both stories share is the feeling of mystery. Mystery is shown in the monkeys paw on page 88 when the…

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    Have you ever had a dream that you didn't want to share? That's how Papi and Neftali felt in the storys Roberto Torres Bakes and The Dreamer. The two characters did not like to share their dreams. Papi would not tell her daughter and Neftali wanted to change his name because his dad told him he was an embarrassment to his family. They chose not to think about it and move on with life, even though their family members would not leave them alone. Their results come out as having to go other…

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    characters if you wanted! At the play, there were only five actors, that means that sometimes, they had to improvise on characters because they didn’t have enough cast. For example, in the story The Monkey’s Paw, Major Morris was the person to give the paw to Mr. White. But, in the play Major Morris was dead and the paw was given to Mr. White by Mrs. Morris. The cast didn’t have enough male actors so they had to make Major Morris into Mrs. Morris.…

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