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    To elaborate“The Monkey’s Paw” is for the revival of the White’s son who died in a machine accident using Mr. White’s last wish on the paw. On the other hand “The Tell Tale Heart “ shows that the narrator is for the murder of the caregiver who has the vulture eye that is bothering him (the caregiver). As said on page 92-93 of “The Tell Tale Heart, “The old man’s hour had come…

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    charm”, a monkey’s paw that is brought into the home of the Whites. It was brought by Sergeant Major Morris . The monkey’s paw can grant 3 wishes to three people. Mr. Morris was the second owner and the one before him wished for death for his last wish. Throughout the story the Whites get hold of the monkey’s paw and make all three wishes. For one night a family friend, Sergeant Major Morris came into the household of the Whites for a visit. Mr. Morris takes out a monkey’s paw and…

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    “Be careful what you wish for.” “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W.Jacobs takes place at the White’s Villa, right before a guest brings a monkey’s paw that grants three wishes to someone, and when Mr.White makes a wish for 200 pounds, his son coincidently gets caught in machinery and dies. In the end, Mr.White wishes for his son to come back, but realizes that isn’t happening. In “The Monkey’s Paw” Mr.White learns to be careful what you wish for. The theme of “be careful what you wish for” is…

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    want to live a little while longer so they can find themselves which was another theme in both works. The themes in both stories go hand in hand to teach us a lesson on living life. More than likely when we reach death we will have remorse, things we wish we had time to change, but we will realize that our clock has almost stopped and that we must race time to correct as many of those things we can ensure a death where we are at piece with not only ourselves but our maker as…

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    that. DALE Do you think it was coincidence that after that happened, your Aunt started sending you care packages. ANDY She sent me one or maybe two but now that I think about it none of them contained a single baked good. DALE She thought she was the last wish-maker in the family and then you happened. You lit someone’s hair on fire just by saying wish granted. ANDY I got expelled from that school and then sent to another boarding school. No one would let me come home. DALE She kept you at bay…

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    Have you ever wished for something? Wishing for things occurs though out birth shirt 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…

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    happen. The overarching theme of this story is to be more thoughtful of what you wish for.A cinematic version of this story was created in 2011.The film and the text have several similarities and differences, such as Herbert dying because of of wish and how the movie and book were ended. One similarity between the text and the film is Herbert (the son ) dying in a machine accident because of his greedy father's wish. This is an important part of the story, and was necessary in both…

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    is the cruel way it used its power to kill the son implied in this conversation between the husband and wife. “The other two wishes we’ve only had one.” Was that not enough?” “No we’ll have one more do down and get it quickly, and wish my boy alive again.” Good God, you are mad” This implies…

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    tail of a magical paw, the faithful paw would eat you make three wishes. In the story, ‘’monkey paw,’’ the son Herbert died. I believe Herbert; himself is to blame for his death. When Herbert found out about the paw he said, ‘’If the tale about the monkey paw is not more truthful then those he has been telling us, we shouldn’t make much of it. ‘’ If Herbert knew the paw wasn’t truthful then why did he wish the first wish? Herbert said, ‘’ well wish for 200lb then, that will just do it. He…

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    There once was a man named Julian. He was walking beside the road. He looked around and suddenly stopped by a man in the woods. He was wearing a dress shirt. Julian walked toward the man. "who are you and what are you doing in the woods?". asked Julian. "I need to show you something." said the man. The man pulled out a hairy animal paw. "What is that?" asked the man. "Its called the monkey's paw. " said the man. "Whats so great about some monkey's paw." said man. "Its maid to grant three wishes…

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