Monkey's Paw Story

W. W. Jacobs wrote the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” in 1902. A great number of adaptations of the story have since been created using different forms of media. The two which are being compared here are the play adaptation The Monkey’s Paw dramatized by Mara Rockliff and the 2011 film version The Monkey’s Paw by Ricky Lewis Jr. Both the play and film feature the White family receiving a monkey’s paw by which three wishes may be granted. The paw had a spell put on it by a holy man who wanted to show that fate rules people’s lives and that if people try to interfere, they will be sorry. The main differences between the play and the film are that film gives more background information about how and why the paw was obtained, uses more

The night is crisp and black as the moon lets off an eerie glow, leaves rustle and fall somewhere in the distance. A silhouette dwarfs the blackberry bush in the corner as one’s footsteps refrain, they move closer; you run. Suspense is a state of tension and anxiety which was used in the sentence above and is common in books and short stories. In the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs suspense is created in a variety of ways. Jacobs demonstrates this by using foreshadowing, conflict and surprise endings.

Every year movies come into theaters that are based on popular books and stories. In these movie blockbusters, the general ideas are the same as in the written stories, but the details may contrast from the original plot in the text. In the short story, “The Monkey’s Paw” written by W. W. Jacobs, circles around the idea that this paw of monkeys' holds a special capability to grant three wishes to the person who receives the paw. Coming from India, Sergeant-Major Morris visits the White family and brings the intriguing paw with him. Explaining its purpose and use to them, they are all very fascinated with the idea of what potential power it holds within. Disregarding the warning Sergeant-Major Morris supplied, Mr. White wishes for 200 pounds in the short story, and 300 pounds in the cinematic production.. The consequences would soon become known and affect the White’s stable lives forever. Two other wishes are made to try to reverse the repercussions of the first wish, leaving the White family in despair. When comparing two tellings of the same story there may be many similarities and differences that emerge, providing distinct examples of what is relatively the same and what is definitely not.

Remembering seeing this object in the back of the small shop my mother dragged me into and feeling pulled to it, as I got a closer I got to really see what it was, a hand. It was deep grey and slighty purple, slightly smaller hthan my had, but it was very dry and shrivelled so at one point it may have been bigger. The hand was also covered in hair along the wrist, much more than a humans, it also had a beautiful half dollar coin sized ruby imbeded in the palm of it, and only the pinky finger of the hand was up, curled slightly like a claw. I was sure it was just some toy used to scare people. The womans voice drove me out of my memories as she began speaking again. "It is a monkeys paw," disgusted I almost dropped the paw, but i didnt, "I got it when I was in England over 20

On a dark night a crew were on a boat to go the Amazon and hunt cheetahs. Then a crew member, Rainsford, fell off the ship. He heard some gunshots off an island in the distance, so he thought people would be there and that means there would be food. Then Rainsford swam as fast as he could to that island when he got there, there wa this huge house and a man by the name of General Zaroff lived there, he was a hunter too.

Mr White tries to stop his wife’s attempt to open the gate. He is afraid of the thing that waits for them, he knows the corpse behind the gate is not their son anymore. So he takes the mummied and cursed paw again, makes his last wish. The knocking stops. When Mrs. White opens the door there is no one in the outside. 
 
 This short story can not be written for children. I clearly say that The Monkey’s paw is intended for adults only. I can not imagine what they would think about monkeys If children with full of love read it. It would be horrible. William Jacobs has a very mortuary tone in this short story, the one who reads it can feel the smell of the death. It is both scary and enjoyable. When I finished reading, there was one thing I could understand from the story that was ”be carefull what you wish for”. This is all about it. You should think about the consequences before you make wishes. 
 To sum up, this short story gave me more than a ”horrifying moment”, I learned a lesson. I do not have a cursed monkey paw but I believe my wishes would not cancel my fate. Even though I am not sure if there is a fate… Yet you should read this gothic short story even if you believe the honesty of the fate

A man named Rainsford a big game hunter goes overboard on his yacht and finds himself on ship-trap island. He then meets another game hunter named general Zaroff. This man is a little different from your normal hunter this man hunts men. The next day general Zaroff lets Rainsford go only so he can hunt him. Rainsford takes off into the forest. Rainsford builds a man catcher, Burmese tiger-pit, and a knife trap killing one of Zaroff’s dogs and Ivan and even wounding General Zaroff himself. Rainsford then dives into the sea making General Zaroff think he has won the game and goes to his bed. As General Zaroff is in his bed Rainsford confronts him. Rainsford is now sleeping in General Zaroff’s

The husband Walks in through the big window and says how it was a bit wet but not to muddy out there. He asks who was the person that scurried out through the door. Mrs sappleton said it was mr Framton and he left as if he had seen a ghost not a single good bye or pardon

Herbert was winning in the chess game against Mr. White. Minutes later Sergeant-Major Morris was knocking at the door, while the harsh wind was blowing. After he arrived at the house he sat near the fire. Then as he is talked to Mr. White they begin talking about the monkey’s paw and the magic behind it. Sergeant Morris then took the monkey's paw out of his pocket and threw it in the fire. Mr. White fished the monkey's paw out of the fire. The Sergeant says “Better let it burn” but Mr. White didn’t listen and kept it out of the fire. Sergeant Morris tells them it had three wishes for three men before he left, Herbert told Mr. White to wish for 200 pounds so he could pay the debt for his house. As Mr. White sat and stared at the fire

When the dad walked off he took a drink and noticed something weird in his drink so he went to find the waiter the waiter took it back to the kitchen and asked them what was in the drink they took a look at the drink and noticed something strange about it they then noticed a spilled on the floor near the counter of the kitchen it was the chemicals for the lions it had a special mixture in the chemicals that can turn a human into a lion if they drink it.

Once there was a tall girl named Jenny. She was like all the other girls, except for one unique thing. She always wore a ribbon with blacks stars around her big neck. There was a handsome boy named Alfred in her class. Alfred liked Jenny because of her big neck. Jenny liked Alfred. One day he asked her, “Why do you wear that black ribbon around your big neck all the time.“I cannot tell you,” said Jenny. But Alfred kept demanding, “Why do you wear it?” And Jenny would say, “It is not significant,” Jenny and Alfred grew up and fell in love. One day they got married. After their wedding, Alfred said, “Now that we are married, you must tell me about the black ribbon.” “You still must interval,” said Jenny. “I will tell you when the right moment

One of the most obvious lessons you learn from the Monkey’s Paw is clearly on being careful on what you wish for, the wish might just come true. Wishes are difficult to ask for and how you ask for them, depending on how and what you wish for it might not even be what you really wanted. Like as an example:asking for money you might not get that wish granted

How come you 've worked hard all day but haven 't started the one task that was most important to you? As a manager, how come your daily work schedule often falls in a heap by mid-morning?

In a small village in the Philippines lives a small girl by the name of Kim. Kim is 8 years old but she acts older. She loves to explore the jungle surrounding her village on the Bataan Peninsula. Kim is attracted to the chirping sounds of the birds and the rustling of animals. She can sit for hours just absorbing the sounds around her. When she explores she finds and collects small tokens that were dropped and forgotten in the forest. The one she loves the most is an old beat up stuffed monkey. Kim really loves monkeys and animals in general. One day she’s going to become an animal doctor.

This story is based of the World War II Battle of Britain. The parrots represented the Nazis and the parrot leader represented Hitler, while the monkeys represented the British and the monkey leader was Winston Churchill. The story showed how after Hitler took over many of the European countries he set his eyes on Great Britain. The problem was that Britain was separated from Europe by the English canal like the river in the book. Since Hitler’s troops would have to go in by boat he decided to bomb much of Britain until he felt safe to invade like how the parrots dropped rocks on the monkeys. The British were forced to hide in subway tunnels while the bombings were going on, and Churchill used his speeches and propaganda to keep the British