You Wish

Did you ever wonder why Herbert died? It all started on a dark and stormy night while playing a game of chess. A man from a land far and wide knocked on the door, with assertiveness that someone would answer. He told a tale of a magical paw. The paw granted the beholder three wishes. In the short story “Monkey’s Paw” the son of Mr. and Mrs. White dies horrifically. I believe his father Mr. White is to blame for his death. Even though, Mr. White may have loved his son, he should still be the…

You see, the man that gave the monkey’s paw away to Mr.White was not the first man to 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…

happened. The myth of the historic Monkey’s Paw was really true, the family of three had to find out the hard way. They didn’t respect what was told to them. They should take into consideration that wrongs don’t make a right when a person is giving you knowledge about something that is real serious. The innocent family who started off as calm and cool ended up as a sad…

magic”. But it wasn 't good magic perhaps. Sergeant Morris warned Mr. White about the dangerous magic it had and threw it on the fire, but Mr. White took it out and kept it. Morris told him if he ever wished, he should wish for something sensible. Mr. White decided to wish for 200 pounds which would help his family pay the house not knowing the consequences that will be coming next. The next day the married couple received the money and the notice…

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…

staring at the hand in his hand. “Oh… I don’t think you would want that monkey paw,” Tom said, stuttering a little. “It looks very interesting but, why would I not want that monkey paw?” said William, with a confused look on his face. “I really shouldn’t tell you about it, that thing has brought me and many people before me a lot of pain,” said Tom, his face was white and sickened. “Are you sure you wouldn’t consider making an offer I will pay you 100 pounds for that paw!” William said,…

Mr. White saw this as an opportunity, and frantically searched for the talisman on the floor; he wanted to find it before the mutilated creature could come inside the house. Finally, Mr. White found the monkey’s paw, and “breathed his third and last wish” (“The Monkey’s Paw”, line 325). The knocking subsided, and Mrs. White was filled with misery, knowing her son was wished away. Mr. White ran outside. All was quiet, all was…

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…

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…