Analyzing W. W Jacobs 'Short Story The Monkey's Paw'

The short story ¨The monkey´s paw¨ by W.W Jacobs, would make a great movie. The story is about a magical charm, a monkey´s paw that is brought home into the White family by Sergeant Major Morris. The paw has the ability to grant 3 wishes to 3 different people. The story is very suspenseful. That would make it easier to grab the audience attention. The book would not be able to grab the attention of the audience as much as the movie would.

The author uses many descriptive words to describe the story and its setting. This makes the movie more interesting. An example from the story is when the author writes ´Without, the night was cold and wet.¨ Imagine that and seeing it in the movie. If that was in the movie it would make the audience more