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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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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between two-short stories‚ The Monkey’s Paw‚ and The Third Wish. Both stories have three wishes. The characters in each story are Mr. White from The Monkey’s Paw which was written by W. W. Jacobs‚ and Mr. Peters from The Third Wish by Joan Aiken. The Monkey’s Paw is about a family who obtained a cursed monkey paw‚ as they make their wishes consequences happen but not in a way you imagined it. And The Third Wish is about a man who saved a swan who gives him three wishes. The first point I’ll be comparing
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Porschia Briggs 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
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The stories “The Third Wish‚” and “The Monkey’s Paws” demonstrate a twist in fate. What can three wish do to a normal guy? Can it change his life forever? “The Third Wish‚” and “The Monkey’s Paws” are more similar than different because they both involve three wishes. These three wishes brings along tragic accidents‚ great sadness‚ and many regrets. In “The Third wish‚” Mr. Peters help saves the King of the Forest‚ who later grants Mr. Peters three wishes. In “The Monkey’s Paws‚” Mr. Whites acquire
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Money makes the world go around. Money has made people do crazy things . what would you do for money? The story “The Monkeys Paw”‚ written by W.W Jacobs‚ is about a magical paw that puts a family through an emotional crisis. STG Major is the most responsible for Herbert’s death which will be seen through several examples from the text. The evidence will show that Sargent Major is responsible for Herbert’s death. “If you keep it don’t for what happens.” On page 35 it explains that STG Major had already
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“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken vastly incorporate the element of theme throughout the course of the story. For example‚ “The Monkey’s Paw” illustrates the consequences of greed. For instance‚ the Whites were given the opportunity to make three wishes with the monkey’s paw. With this‚ the family wished for two hundred pounds‚ in hopes of clearing their house. “‘I wish for two hundred pounds‚’ said the old man distinctly” (Jacobs 109). Wishing for money proves
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huge disaster. The story of “The Monkeys Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and the story of “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken tell us the effects of wishing for something and everything that comes afterwards. In the rising action of both stories they both have a lot in common. The main characters use their second wish to make their wife’s happy. The themes for both stories teach that wishes or other sorcerery should not be taken lightly. In "The Monkeys Paw" and in "The Third Wish" the main characters are alike
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In the short story “the Monkeys Paw” by W.W Jacobs. Brings a range of moods that Make the story feel more creepy and intense. The narrator also uses a different variety of Elements to grab the reader’s attention. By teaching the reader of how “the paw” creates The suspense and how it always ends up with fatal consequences. W.W Jacobs introduces The whites as a typical family “living in an isolated area”. One gloomy night they get an Offaly suspicious visitor sergeant Major Morris. Telling
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Monkey sometimes confuses Western readers because it’s so different in form and substance from the major western epics or mythical and religious stories‚ such as those of the Homeric poems or the Bible. They’re tragic. Monkey‚ by contrast‚ is comic. Western tales have mostly noble human characters‚ usually princes. By contrast‚ Monkey has few human characters. Moreover the main human character‚ the monk Hsuan Tsang (also called Tripitika)‚ is the very opposite of a prince. He’s a saint who has
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