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    The Monkey Paw Prequel “Hello there sir you look like someone who could use 3 wishes‚” at first Marcus was startled when he heard the sound of the man voice‚ but then he grew interested in what the man was selling. Marcus walked over to the table where the man was selling his stuff‚ “Hi I’m Marcus‚ what’s this about 3 wishes?” he asked‚ “What I have in my hands is a one of a kind monkey paw‚ it will give you 3 wishes and when you use all of your wishes then theres no need to keep the paw.”

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    clearly. Moral lessons‚ what’s wrong and what’s right are two of those things. “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Veldt” could open your eyes. Two conspicuous children with the strangest invention in their time‚ a scenery changing room. Getting to catch up with this technology set them out to do some nonhuman things. A family of three receive a gift of a paw‚ a special paw. A monkey’s paw‚ the paw with the legend of wishes will show you to be grateful for what you have. Now although these stories are similar

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    The monkeys paw The old delusional lady snatched the paw away from his grasp‚ mumbling excitedly to herself she held the paw tight and said fiercely ‘I wish my son alive again.’ She frequently repeated it over and over until it became a jumbled chant; when suddenly a slow but insistent knock rang through the desolate house. Mrs White leapt up at the first sluggish rap‚ ‘My boy‚ my boy is finally here!’ she cried repeatedly fixing her dishevelled hair combing her hands through the straggle and fixing

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    you’re granted three wishes. Your first two wishes were used wisely‚ but you killed yourself using the third one. Or‚ let’s say you get three wishes‚ and you died before you could use the third one. Well‚ in the stories‚ “These Three Wishes”‚ and‚ “The Third Wish”‚ both of these things happened. And as you can see‚ they have similarities and differences. One of the main differences between these two stories is how both characters died. In “Those Three Wishes”‚ Melinda Alice

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    Mindy Marsingill Professor D’Angelo English Summarization Essay August‚ 27th 2012 Summary of “The Monkey’s Paw‚” by W.W. Jacobs “The Monkey’s Paw‚” by W.W. Jacobs‚ is a chilling macabre short story written in third-person narrative. This is a heart wrenching story that examines the unrelenting depth of a mothers love while teaching the reader‚ that trying to get things in life that weren’t meant to be‚ can have unexpected and tragic consequences. The story

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    generally people only wish for things that they might want or need. Some wishes can be selfish because they only think about themselves and when they do that then they would not think about the other things that could affect it. “The Monkey’s Paw” “Goldfish” and “The Three Brothers” will relate. Wishes shows a person’s character through how they act‚ how they think and what they say. In the short story of “The Monkeys Paw” By Jacobs‚ W.W. Mr. White wished for 200 pounds to pay off his house (36)

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    The stories Monkey’s Paw by W.W Jacobs and The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe are similar by both being scary and have a plot curve and we read them in class together. Their different by The Tell Tale Heart has the fiction genre and Monkey’s Paw is a play/drama . Here are some more similarities and differences. The Monkey’s Paw took place in a warm ‚ cozy parlor on a wet and cold night in Laburnum Villa. The story probably set around when it was published in 1902. The Tell Tale

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    These two similar short stories have an outrageous background. The first short story we read was called “The Monkeys Paw”‚ written by W.W. Jacobs. The second short story we read was called “The Leap”‚ written by Louise Erdich. In the Monkeys Paw‚ the White family deals with death and wishes granted by a devious magical spell. In the Leap‚ A family deals with death and a crazy‚ dangerous‚ more realistic situation. The two types of writing are Reflective

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    Shoshi Bicky November 2014 Ms. Bloch English Comparing “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Chaser” Revised Throughout the short stories “The Chaser” by John Collier and “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs‚ there are similarities‚ like the interference of fate and the concept of consequences that stands out when comparing the two. In “The Chaser‚” Alan Austen comes to the Old Man with hope that he can buy a potion to give his love‚ Diana. Alan intends to give Diana a love potion causing

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    The Monkey’s Paw vs The Lady or the Tiger By: Gurvir Dheri The Monkey’s Paw and The Lady or the Tiger were both great books and anyone could enjoy these books. The Monkey’s Paw is based on fate and wishes. It is based on the White Family in England who were given three wishes and ended up with not the best life. In the story‚ The Lady or the Tiger was a story about a princess who was in love with this boy who was about to chose his destiny. Would it be the lady or the tiger. They were both great

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