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    Monkey's Paw

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    “The Monkey’s Paw” is a short story made by W.W. Jacobs‚ that is about a monkey’s paw given to a family for them to grant three wishes‚ but what they don’t know is that it comes with consequences. So by looking through the events‚ the setting‚ and the character interactions‚ readers could relate that the theme is be careful of what you wish for. Accordingly‚ the events of “The Monkey’s Paw” does affiliate with be careful of what you wish for because of the consequences made after each wish. Like

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    Monkey and Robert

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    found that the center of attraction was an old man with a performing monkey. The monkey’s tricks‚ he soon discovered‚ were in no way remarkable so‚ after throwing a few pennies in the dirty hat which the man had placed on the pavement‚ Robert began to move off; along with other members of the crowd. At this point the man suddenly let out a loud cry. Everyone turned to see what had happened. The man was bending over his monkey‚ which now lay quite still on the pavement. He picked up the apparently

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    Animal Paws

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    Animals have different body parts that help them survive. The claws and jaws of the mighty lion‚ a bird’s beak‚ the sharp teeth of a crocodile‚ and a bear’s paws and claws all help the animal live. Let’s explore these animals and how their important body parts help them. Males lions have thick fur surrounding their head called a mane. It provides protection for their neck when they fight enemies or challengers. Lion jaws are very strong and powerful so they can kill large prey‚ such as giraffes.

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    Flaming Monkeys

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    areas. It happened that that year my friends on a team named Flaming Monkeys were at Stemfest. My team decided that we didn’t need a mascot for the event. So‚ instead‚ I was tasked with talking to people about FIRST‚ which stands For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology‚

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    Once a monkey live on mango tree near a riverbank it ate all the sweet mango. It made friends with the crocodile. When the crocodile was hungry it used to give it sweet mango to eat. The crocodile gave these to his wife. His wife said‚ if the mango ate these sweet mangoes surely his heart will be sweet. His wife asked her husband bring her the Monkey’s heart. Though it broke his heart. He finally asked the monkey to come and have dinner with him. The monkey said he could not swim. The crocodile

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    The Monkey's Paw Overview

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    Compare and contrast the elements found in the short stories using a graphic organizer. Analysis of the elements are done occording to the criteria listed below: * Plot * Characters * Theme(s) * Setting * Moral values PLOT Short storyElements | BEQUESTS OF LOVE | THE MONKEY’S PAW | Exposition | At the beginning of the story the writer tells the audience about Karim‚ that bornhandicapped. He also tells us about the happiness of the family. They also havetwins‚ Fariq and Faroq

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    West: Monkey

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    one of the Four Great Classical Novels was written by Wu Ch’êng-ên‚ Journey to the West: Monkey also sometimes known as just Monkey. The significance of this novel is because the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese history greatly influenced the development of Chinese literature and culture. The graphic novel‚ American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is directly connected to Journey to the West: Monkey and helps readers better understand the story through a general theme about hybrid identities

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    Among the many books and films we have read and watched‚ I enjoyed Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson and Flight by Sherman Alexie the most. Both protagonists’ go through struggles while making decisions that will affect their own lives permanently. Zits‚ the main character of Flight‚ had a lonely and sad life‚ similar to Lisa from Monkey Beach. I believe that these two characters are similar through more than just misfortunes‚ but on a physical and a mental level as well. Both characters go through traumatic

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    The monkey and The Dolphin One day long ago‚ some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey.When they were far out at sea‚ a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea‚ and the monkey was sure that he would drown. Suddenly a dolphin appeared and picked him up.They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin’s back. The dolphin asked the monkey‚ “Do you know this place?”The monkey replied

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    Monkey's Paw Speech

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    The Monkey’s Paw One day in India there lived a tribe of monkeys and on that same day here was a monkey that was born‚ a boy. All the monkeys were cheering about and having a grand celebration to commemorate the birth of the new boy‚ But within minutes of his birth he had his right hand chopped off. A scary old man wielding a hatchet collected the paw off the ground. Since he was a little boy‚ Sanjay had an obsession of collecting strange items ranging from ancient relics to rocks; he had very few

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