In the book “The Monkey’s Paw”, there were a lot of differences between the movie and the book! Although, in the book, the man actually wished 200 pounds. That was his first wish. …show more content…
One thing is that the wife doesn't know and still doesn't know is that the husband wished for his son to be dead again before the wife opened up the door to see her beloved son. I predict that the wife probably would have found out that the dad used their last wish, she probably would have found out sooner or later, then get mad at her husband. Anyway, back to when I was talking about the 200 pounds.the movie said 300 pounds instead of saying 200 pounds. That same reason they got the money was the same thing. So when did they get their wish, later that night the boy was knocking at the window rather than at the door. They heard banging and the wife was trying to unlock the door. Though by the time she opened it, the husband already wished for his son to