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Monkey’s Paw Summary The story of the monkey was written by a well-known author named W.W. Jacobs. Jacobs was a great English short story writer and he also was a good novel writer as well. Jacobs’s stories and novels had lots of humor and laughter in them which made them standout. W.W. Jacobs was born on September 8th, 1863. To me the story the Monkey’s paw was about a family of three which was a son, mother, and a father. One day an old army friend drops by and decides to introduce the…

dies a horrible death. A family friend brings the family a magical monkeys paw, which will grant three wishes. The family uses the paw and by fate or coincidence, Herbert dies. Who is the blame? Even after all the warnings Mr. White made the fateful wish and is therefore responsible. I was heartbroken when my mother told me that my grandfather had passed away, but that was about 2 years ago. I miss him so much now a day, I know he is in a better place. This relates to the story because I know…

the feeling of waking up from a vivid dream. A dream that you wish was not a dream. (Epanalepsis) A dream that felt so real, until you were awoken by your alarm clock. (Anaphora) We all know that feeling. We have all done it, millions of nights lying in bed wide awake staring at the ceiling; reminiscing each and every memory we have once lived, that once made us happy. Listening to songs that remind us of that one special memory we wish to live once again. In your mind, you keep playing…

have it. You may have heard that the story already, but you haven’t heard what had happened before it. You probably know by now that Sergeant Major Morris got the paw from the old fakir, but the fakir was not the one who chose death as his third wish, for that was the man he gave the paw to before Major Morris. So you know that means in this story, you’ll get to know the first man to receive the monkey’s paw. India, 1867, A commoner was going about the city on a day when heat hung low over…

soon as William went out that door he sprinted for home. He got home in less than five minutes, when he went through his front door William loudly said,” I wish for all of the police in this City to disappear!” William waited for two hours before he decided he should go outside and see if his wish came true. He was hoping with all his might his wish came true. As William walked outside he could not believe what he was seeing, everything was ciaos. Buildings were on fire people were shooting at…

The Monkey's Paw (ending) There was a knocking on the door. “Its Herbert It’s Herbert!”she cried. Mr. White immediately grabbed Mrs. White. Mrs White screaming “let me go, let me go, It's our son Herbert! You're scared of your own son?” Mrs White trying her best to get away from Mr White and she finally did. The knocking was getting louder and louder. Mr White ran to the living room looking for the monkey's paw but couldn't find it. Mrs White screaming “Herbert, Herbert! I'm coming!” Mr White…

with him a mummified and cursed monkey paw. Morris throws it in the fire but Mr.White thinks that he must have it. So he fishes out of the fire and makes a wish for 200 pounds. Little did they know that when u make a wish it costs you something. Morris did warn them of this but they did not listen. Their son lost his life due to his father's wish. Herbert was at the door at the end of the story, but not in his regular human form. He was a zombie looking, person because he had been dead for 10…

“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs is a story about a family who gets a cursed monkey paw, from a man that told them it needed to be destroyed. This monkey’s paw grants three wishes, but whenever a wish is granted, it has a negative twist. When the parents wish for money, their son ends up dying at work, and they get compensation pay. The central idea of the story is that one should be careful what one wishes for. The tone of “The Monkey’s Paw” is sympathetic; the narrator seems to be sorry for…

A lot of people make bad choices in their life that they wish they could take back but they can’t take it back. This is also proven in a lot of books since characters in books make mistakes all the time, and we can see what the bad choices are before the characters in the book figure it out. This is shown in “The Monkey’s Paw,” when a character named Mr. White makes three poor decisions that affect the outcome of the story. The first bad choice that Mr. White had done was, that he had taken the…

In line 37-39, the reader may ask themselves if Dante was justified to wish for Filippo to stay weeping in misery. The reader may think of themselves and what they would say to their enemy. One’s interpretation of Dante’s words in line 37-39 leads the rest of the scene, because if one feels that they agree with Dante and would also wish their enemies ill, then they would probably believe that Dante and Virgil are justified. However, if one were to believe…