Monkey's Paw

How did W.W Jacobs create Mystery, Tension, and Surprise in The Monkey's Paw.The Monkey's Paw is about a family who come across a mysterious item that is special in a way. It has the ability to grant you 3 wishes. But with every wish comes a consequence.

As I said about “The Monkeys Paw”, it has a cause-and –effect. There was a family that encountered a soldier that gave them the Monkey's Paw. In the end it gave you three wishes, they will be granted but with a twist. The soldier was terrified of the Monkeys Paw, but because of the fathers greediness he still wanted the Monkeys Paw. The solider even tried to destroy the Monkeys Paw because of how scared he was on it, “I threw it on the fire, if you keep it, don’t blame me

The cause of “The Monkey’s Paw” is the Smith’s were the owners’ of the paw that grants 3 wishes. Even after the Indian man had told him not to take it, he still took it. The effect of the paw is that it caused the death of their son. This creates a suspenseful territory for the readers, mainly when their son comes back to life. Mrs.Smith wishes for this and when he walks through the

When you make wishes, you have to pay for the outcome. Sargent Major Moris wanted to destroy the monkeys paw at the Whites house. he told them that the monkeys paw granted wishes at a huge price, but they decided to use it anyways ultimately paying the huge price. the suspense builds as the prices are paid for each wish. Herbert

“Greed is a bottomless pit, which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” -Erich Fromm. In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” by author W.W. Jacobs, Sergeant Major Morris gives the White family a possession of the “magic” monkey’s paw. From this magic paw three men receive three wishes, Mr. White is the third man to wish upon the paw.

In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” the mood is ominous. The author, W.W. Jacobs uses imagery, specific descriptions of the setting and subjective narration. An example of how he uses description is on page 374, line 1. He states, “the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor if Laburnum Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.” It gives of an ominous mood because settings that are seen as dark and cold tend to be related with fear and mystery, fear and mystery are part of a ominous feeling. An example of his use of imagery is on page 382, line 274. The author wrote, “His brow cold with sweat, he felt his way round the table, and groped along the wall until he found himself in the small passage with the unwholesome thing

In the suspense story, The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, the theme is don't mess with fate. For instance, when Mr. White ignores the sergeant on how he says "​but I warn of the consequences," which is foreshadowing that something could go wrong when Mr. White uses the monkeys paw. For example, that his first wish was for 200 pounds. This proves the theme because since Mr. White messed with fate, he lost his son in got 200 pounds for his death. Another example is when they wished their son back alive, he wasn't really functional. Also, he was more zombie like that human like. This illustrates that since they wished for their son to come back he was worse than before. He was better much dead and in a grave peacefully than walking around wholesomely.

From that quote we know that there is going to be and will be something strange about the paw. Well, in the end something bad does happen, the paw ends up killing the whole family either it be emotionally or physically. The cause and effect is very strong in this story, the cause was the family getting the paw, but then ignoring its mystical powers and the effect was their family being destroyed. Just like “The Monkey’s Paw” the story “The Tell Tale Heart” also has it’s fair use of cause and effect that also creates suspense. In the story you have an insane man that thinks his boss has an evil eye, he thinks it was originally the eye of a vulture. One night while the old man was sleeping he stalked him and killed him, You could tell the man wasn’t thinking when he killed the old man. When people are insane they tend to not know what they are doing, “For it was not the old man I felt I had to kill, it the eye, his evil eye.” Page 91. The quote shows that the man wasn't mad at the old man, but only in his eye, once he successfully killed the old man he put his body parts into the wooden

The theme of “ The Monkey’s Paw” written by William W. Jacobs is to be satisfied with the one’s life and not interfere with fate. “‘He was a very holy man and he wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that to interfere with fate only caused deep sadness. ’”(Jacobs 1) This example shows that fate should not be interfered with because otherwise bad things will come from it, like when someone makes a wish from the monkey’s paw. People who wish for something with the monkey’s paw always end up regretting it because by doing so they mess with fate and the consequences are inescapable.

In “the Monkey’s Paw,” by w.w. Jacobs the theme is don’t use wishes for power or greed. In addition,the son herbert gets caught in the machinery because Mr. White wishes for two hundred pounds. Also, they got their money but it was out of herbert's death because of his hard work at the mill. Also, they try to wish him back but Mr.White gets scared and wishes him away. First, in the story the text says “I wish for two hundred pounds.

In a different world, Po’s father, Mr. Ping from Kung Fu Panda, says to Po, “Sometimes we need to the wrong things for the right reasons.” There are many instances where this quote stands true, like in Antigone, Twelve Angry, and the decisions by Harry S. Truman and Edward Jenner. There was success but there was also consequences in doing these wrong things. In any event, in some situations, it is right to do the wrong thing for the right reasons.

For example, Mrs. White wanted her son back more than anything. She had the money that they wished for, but Mrs White wanted her son back even more. She was even willing to go as far as making her husband use their second wish to get their son back. Mr. White knew from the criteria of the first wish, that he would probably return all mangled up and bloody from the machinery accident. Mr. White knew that when his son returned, he would not be the same person that they saw last, but Mrs. White was still greedy and wished for her son back.

studies show that animals may have preferred paws to use. They may use these paws when swatting at stuff, and trying to get something. So just like humans, (left handed or right handed) they may have a preferred paw just like humans have a preferred hand to use while writing.

The Monkey’s paw by W. W. Jacobs is an eerie short story about a son who dies in a horrific way and a family who wants to bring him back. It focuses on an enchanted monkey’s paw that grants three wishes. The paw was enchanted by an old fakir that wanted to prove that fate controlled life and going against it would only lead to regret and sorrow. This plot point can be noted as an underlying theme, but the main theme is “be careful what you wish for, because you might get it”. While this story is superb, a question comes to mind: Would could be learned from this short story?

Who killed young Herbert? It started on a dark storm night, while playing chase. A man, from a far away land, knocked on the door. He told a tail of a magical paw. The paw would let you make three wishes. In the story monkey paw the son Herbert tries. I believe Mr. White is to blame.