Monkey Paw Analysis

Who killed young Herbert? It all started on a dark stormy night, while playing cheese. A strange man, from a faraway, land knocked on the door. He told a tale of a magical paw, the sinister paw would let you man three fateful wishes. In the story, “Monkey
Paw”, the son Herbert loses his life, I believe Mr. White is to blame. Even though Sergeant Major threw the paw in the fire, and the paw was burning Mr. White “snooped down and snatched it off”, without intending to do so. Although warned of the consequence in which the solider also implied to let the paw burn. Continually to pay the solder no mind Mr. White did not care of the consequences. Neglecting to believe in the mischief the paw has caused, he’s at fault for the death of his son.
White is responsible for his son’s death. As the plot continues, even after being warned about the mischief of wishing upon the paw, Mr. White curiosity took over. Examining the new possessions of Mr. White closely, the others shook their heads as he asked “How do you do it” and wished for two hundred pounds. This shows Mr. White was being ambivalent of the consequences. He is responsible but the mother and Herbert also helped with coming up with the wish. As a result of wishing upon the paw his son Herbert died, they did not believe in the paw because after the wish two hundred pounds did not show up. As it progresses, Mr. White could have been more specific of the way he said the wish. Disregarding the fact that the paw could have been anything, it was dropped on his son and not in his pocket. With doubt in his mind, about the paw being magical, the wish was stated incorrectly. Therefore, who killed young Herbert? Yes, you guessed it correct the father, Mr. White. From the start, on that cold and wet night, young Herbert was destined to die. The fearful wishing and the not believing, it was there down fall. Tampering with fate can set in motion a chain of events that can neither be anticipated nor prevented. A young man life was taken because of