What exactly is The Monkey’s Paw and what is it about? It’s a supernatural short story…
At the end of The Monkey and the Monk, the pilgrims acquire the scriptures and, thus, fulfill the task of their journey and please Bodhisattva. Yet, she points out that “within our order of Buddhism, nine times nine is the crucial means by which one returns to immortality. The sage monk has undergone eighty ordeals. Because one ordeal, therefore, is still lacking, the sacred number is not yet complete.”(Wu Cheng’en, 470) Even though the sage monk performed tasks that were supposed to lead to immortality, Bodhisattva suddenly says that his deeds were not sufficient unless the pilgrims performed one more ordeal for the perfect number of sufferings. This behavior of Guanyin is problematic – why would she suddenly insist…
The Monkey’s Paw, written by W.W. Jacobs, is a short story about the consequences of messing with fate. Mr. White is a simple man living with his wife, Mrs. White, and his grown son, Herbert. One evening Sergeant-Major Morris, a family friend back from India, visits them and shows them a monkey’s paw he had gotten there, saying that it will grant a man three wishes, but that it was made to prove that when you mess with fate, bad things happen. Even with the warning, Mr. White uses the monkey’s paw to grant his wishes, and soon pays the price. I think the theme of this story is basically, “Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.”…
People say, “You pay for what you wish for,” and for this family, they suffered a traumatic loss because of a wish. This family invited a guest over, Morris, and he brought along the monkey’s paw. Weeks before hand, he had brought it up to Mr. White, who would eventually be the third and last person to use the monkey’s paw. In the story The Monkey’s Paw, written by W. W. Jacobs, a man named Sergent-Major Morris is at fault for the family’s traumatic loss. The first time the monkey paw was brought up was when Sergeant Major Morris told Mr. White about it a day or two before.…
How bad could a curse be? In the story The Monkey's Paw written by W.W. Jacobs, An old Friend Sergeant Morris brings a monkey's paw that grants wishes to the Whites. When Mr. White grants a wish with the paw, there is something tragic that happens for him to get his wish. The sergeant is the reason for the tragic events that happened to Mr. White's family. Sergeant Morris was irresponsible and did not hide the secret of the monkey's paw…
That when you mess with fate, you only get sorrow in return. Mr. White took the paw out of the fire. Sergeant Major Morris tried to destroy the monkey’s paw. ‘White, with a slight cry, stooped down and snatched it off’ (P.35). Sergeant Major Morris had bad luck with the monkey’s paw, and he wanted to destroy it so no one else could have bad luck, and Mr. White still took the monkey’s paw and used it.…
Many people would believe that the Sergeant is to blame for the monkey's paw, but when it really is, it’s Mr. White’s own fault. Mr. White from The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs, and is very much to blame, even more so than the Sergeant. The story focuses on a family who took a monkey's paw from a man, leading up to the unfortunate main events that took place. It starts with a man visiting Mr. White’s home in unlikely weather.…
The second most suspenseful story I believe is The Monkey’s Paw. I believe this suspense story deserves the second place title because this story, much like The Tell-Tale Heart, paired fear and horror with the suspense. In The Monkey’s Paw, the author uses the fear of being buried alive, which I think is another interesting way to create dread in your reader, this helps the suspense flow a little smoother, because now your reader is worried and just has to know what happens to the character. I love that this suspense story used classic suspense, the suspense was how you would expect suspense to be; the beginning was a dark and stormy night and the characters were living their normal lives until someone showed up knocking at the door. One of…
If you were given the opportunity to change your fate at the expense of others, would you have the courage to risk it? In the story, “The Monkey’s Paw”, the author shows how the characters take a leap of faith without knowing what the consequences may be. The White’s family is made up of three, Mr. and Mrs. White along with their son Herbert. They live in a safe and comfortable house with everything they need, but it’s also separate from the outside world. Through a mixture of gruesome reality, the author portrays a horrific scenery of society’s greed and the danger of wishing. W.W Jacobs describes these horrific scenery over supernatural occurrences and motifs.…
In the story the Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs, Herbert’s death was a tragic accident, but who is actually responsible? A family receives a talisman that grants wishes, but causes extreme effects. Their wishes caused great despair and devastation amongst their family. For instance, a wish may have caused the death of their son. Herbert was the cause of his own death which will be shown with examples from the text.…
“A very holy man”. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and whoever interfered with it did so to their own sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three different men each had three wishes from it.” If you were given three wishes, what do you think you would wish for? The story “The Monkeys’ Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, is about a family that is given a monkey’s paw with a spell cast on it to give them three wishes.…
A cargo ship holding a bunch of Chinese illegal immigrants is on its journey to New York where they will be working for riches and a better life. Each family has payed a hefty sum of money to be smuggled by a notorious criminal “snakehead” (refugee smuggler), also known to others as “the Ghost”. The New York Police Department know about this smuggle and is ready to intercept them until things got horrible. Making sure the illegal immigrants were in the container, his right hand man locked them in making sure they couldn’t get out. A Satchel of C4 is placed at the hull of the ship, powerful enough to create a hole in the ship but not enough to blow the whole thing up and also to give enough time for “the Ghost” to get his money and equipment and also to get himself on a life boat and get away from the pull and the crime scene. The C4 goes off and the ship starts sinking right off the coast of Long Beach, the clock starts clicking. Luckily for some of the illegal immigrants they managed to escape, but after escaping they encounter “the Ghost” scouting around shooting survivors, like the ship crew, he sees the survivors and the chase begins. The survivors swim for the shore of Long Beach, and “the Ghost” starts for the survivors as well, following them and trying to kill them. In the events they get on the beach and get away by stealing a van, they head for the highway to China Town. The police arrive at the beach and find a wounded survivor and a few corpses; “the Ghost” is nowhere to be found.…
Dial ”M” for Monkey It was a dark and stormy night at Manchester. The rain was dripping as if it were the drools out of a very lazy and sleepy dog. The thunder, screeching through the skies as if Zeus(god of thunder) was arrogant on someone. But the Clarks house, so warm and cozy.…
Long ago in a thick forest, a young girl lived under the care of the goddess of weaving. Here she lived happily and without care, for everything that she wanted to eat was provided for her by her patroness.…
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