W. W. Jacobs

In the Monkey’s Paw the author, W.W. Jacobs uses the creepiness and mystery to lure people into reading it. He uses themes, imagery, and characterization regularly in the classic three wish narrative. The main theme of the story is the danger of wishing for more than you need. The white family has what they need because they have a comfortable home and happy loving family. However they use, the monkey’s paw to wish for a seemingly harmless desire to pay off their bills with 200 pounds.…

‘Be careful what you wish for’ is a common phrase said by a lot of people. These 3 wishes in ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ and ‘The Third Wish’, both written by W.W Jacobs will definitely make you think twice about your wishes. Wish number 1 were obviously, their first wishes, and both of which were selfish, Mr. White, on page 94, asked for 200 pounds, or 1,000 U.S dollars, as Mr. Peters, on page 103, asked for a wife, but for something so good there had to be a catch, the 200 pounds was compensation, for…

“If you could have another three wishes, would you have them?”(3) “The Monkey’s Paw” written by W.W. Jacobs is very well written to send chills down your spine. The author successfully creates suspense by using intense setting, action, and language. The setting helps build the suspense. The setting sets the tone of the story that has the reader’s hair standing up straight. The weather in the story is “dark, cold, and wet” (1). This tells the reader that something bad might happen this day. Also…

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As Senator, he also did progress in help treating alcoholism. While in the Alcoholism and Narcotics subcommittee, Harold asked many well known people to share their testimony, but most declined except for Mercedes McCambridge, Marty Mann and Bill W. He also stated to all why treatment of drug addiction is so important, saying that treatment is virtually non existent because addiction is not considered an illness. Harold then decided to run for presidential election in 1972, but ended up dropping…

In the early 1920s, alcoholism dominated society, and it became a problem for some of its people. Even though the number of people who were drinking was increasing, it was a taboo, and no one talked about. Worry about increasing problem a Christian Evangelical movement establishes by Frank ND Buchman, started, this Lutheran minister, founded the called Alcoholic Contingent or Alcoholic Squadron that had a main goal of helping people with alcohol addiction. As Kevin Hinchliffe specified on his…

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Alcoholics are ill people who need compassion and understanding; not bad people who can be treated with anger and indifference. Treating alcoholics condescendingly can make them defensive, hostile, and push them farther away from the treatment they need. Instead of asking for help, they may deny that they need it and try to use their own power to fix their problem (Miller 59). Alcoholism is a disease that can affect anyone, Christians and non-Christians; recovery, however is most effective…

as the world would label her, but that she was bad with alcohol. Apparently, one of the tenets of the” big book” is that to experience substantial change for the alcoholic, thinking must be overhauled, and the wording from AA was a profound change (W, 1986). She pointed out that a profound change does not equate to a complete change, and she said she would never have to atone for her thoughts, but most certainly will always have to atone for her actions, good or bad. This, I thought was profound…

A very good morning I bid to Sir Haniff and to all my fellow friends. Today I would like to talk about the person that I admire. That person is Colonel Harland David Sanders or well-known as Colonel Sanders. He was a founder of a fast food chicken restaurant which is Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Colonel Sanders was born on September 9, 1890, in Henryville, Indiana, United State. He was the oldest of three siblings. His father was a farmer and his mother was a devout Christian. 5 years later,…