Mr White Paw Analysis

Throughout Of Mice and Men, Lennie’s interest in petting things is shown. However, the outcome of Lennie’s interest is often tragic. His disabilities cause him to be too rough when petting things accicentally. He can not control his strength, and that poses a huge threat. Lennie even kills mice and the puppy because of it. Curley’s wife notices this when she witnesses Lennie with the dead puppy in the stables. When they were talking, Lennie expresses to Curley’s wife that he “likes to pet nice things” (Steinbeck 90), and tells her how his hobby in petting things results for the puppy. Unfortunately, Curley’s wife still allows the big guy to pet her hair. As a result, Curley’s wife is the only one to blame for her death. Some might say that Curley’s wife should not be held responsible for her own death because she is lonely and just wants someone to talk to. However, loneliness is no exception for her allowing this to happen after receiving the obvious warnings she is given. Therefore, Curley’s wife should have carefully considered letting someone, who was so easily capable of an enormous amount of hurt, touch her

     Using the two main characters of the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows that in life, responsibility must be taken in moderation. George takes on the challenge of caring for Lennie. In doing this, George loses a job in weed and is often short-changed when it comes to food and other amenities. Eventually, George realizes where he could be without Lennie and kills Lennie to free himself of the responsibly. Lennie, in a life where he has always been protected by loved ones, looks for responsibility in dependent pets. Each time he is given a chance with an animal, he always cares for it with gentile love. Often times, Lennie’s strength would be too much for the animal and they would fall under his powerful hands. In the end, both men see that they were not capable of conquering the tasks at hand. George

As the plot in both adaptations develop, Morris’ visit to the White’s home is portrayed differently. The use of alcohol in the film prior to Morris displaying the paw to the family could be interpreted as an action taken only after his wits have been inhibited. The film uses flash backs to dramatize the power of the paw when it is mentioned during the conversation with the White family. The potential harm that can be caused by the paw is better expressed in the Lewis film version by Morris when he is asked why he kept it he stated that, “he kept it to guard it”. He never allows any of the family to handle the paw and it is not until Mr. White takes it away from him as he is attempting to throw it in the fire. At the end of the evening when Morris was leaving he tries to get Mr.

The white cat was also used to foreshadow the passing away of Grandma. Foreshadowing was used to allow the audience to realize that Grandma would still make an impression even after her death. “I will always be with you, Little Sek-Lung, but in a different way… you’ll see.” (115).

White saved the paw from burning up. Also, since he had the chance, he took the paw and contradicted Morris. This makes suspense because us, as the reader(s), we know that Mr, White wants the possession of the paw for his benefit, even after being told that there was consequences after every wish that was granted. And we don’t really know what Mr. White is going to wish for or what might happen next as a consequence, since the paw is enchanted with a spell of an old fekir. Likewise, the film shows suspense aswell because Ricky Lewis Jr. used music and sound effects, like the knocks at the door when Herbert was trying to get in the house, as well there was music playing when the third wish was requested. Also, they used actors, in which showed or demonstrated how the characters felt and did in a physical and visual way. In addition, the director used lighting effects, making the scenes dark and frightening. Furthermore, the director preferred to construct suspense differently from W.W. Jacobs version, by showing a more vivid picture to the audience as if they were in the

In the story “The Last Meow” it talks about a cat that is very ill and could barely live in it’s own. It gets prepared for surgery to cure her illness in her kidney. The author Burkhard Bilger, includes some hints and examples on how the average American will pay whatever it costs for their beloved pet. He explains how Americans now spend nineteen-billion dollars a year in veterinary care plus the cost of pet food makes it forty seven-billion dollars. He states out “clearly, our love affair with our pets has gotten out of control”. I disagree with his position.

White Dog symbolizes the main characters’ innocent past. Although he is old and ailing, he has, according to the woman, “’been a good white dog,’” (11), and he is obedient to the woman. After the woman sees the evacuation order, she makes plans for the family pets. She gives the cat to the neighbors, and frees the bird. However, White Dog is too old for anyone to want him, and he would suffer if he had to fend for himself, so the woman feels she has no other choice but to kill him. White Dog displays naivety in his oblivion to what the woman is

He is also described as a reckless thinker, which is proven in the opening scene of the story when he moves his king “into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment. This recklessness leads him to tempt fate with the monkey's paw, endangering his family as a result” (DISCovering Authors). Mr. White’s son, Herbert, also plays a smaller, but huge part of this story. Herbert is the kind of person that likes to be a little bit silly and joke around about anything. After Sergeant-Major Morris leaves their cozy home, Herbert starts to tease his mother and father telling them that they should make the their wish and to wish for money. After they wish for the money, it is kind of ironic that he starts to make fun of the wish because it has not showed up yet, even though his death ends up being the factory that gives his parents the two hundred pounds that they wished for. Herbert jokes around by saying “Well, I don't see the money,’ said his son as he picked [the paw] up and placed it on the table, 'and I bet I never shall” (1282). And Herbert never did see it, because he was the money. Mrs. White is described as “a calm, reserved woman. In the story's first scene, Jacobs notes that Mr. White's chess moves are so ‘radical’ that they ‘even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire’—as if drastic events must take place in order for her to even speak” (DISCovering Authors). Mrs. White is the common

His first wife, Double Strike Woman, is the mother of his two sons, called White Man’s Dog/Fools Crow and Running Fisher. Rides-at-the-door also is married to Striped Face and Kills-Close-to-the-Lake, and each wife lives in a separate lodge or home. The children are primarily raised by their mother at a young age, learn about waging war and hunting as they get older. The oldest son, called White Man’s Dog or Fools Crow, is not viewed very favorably as a child, he is teased, considered weak, and not a future leader. Rides-at-the-door heard these comments about White Man’s Dog and did not take his oldest son seriously and considered him weak, until he becomes a man and his father’s opinion begins to change. Rides-at-the-door feared that his oldest son might be morose, even timid, and he had heard talk that he might be a coward. The following quote represents the first time Rides-at-the-door recognizes his son has potential to be a brave hunter, warrior, and leader of the Pikuni. “Rides-at-the-door pulled a burning stick from the fire and lit his pipe, his eyes shifted back to White Man’s Dog, who was telling a story about Napi, Old Man. As he watched his son act out the story, he felt a small seed of optimism grow in his chest” (9; ch. 2). Through the first eighteen years of his life, White Man’s Dog is given little respect from his family or people, and

Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Black Cat immerses the reader into the mind of a murdering alcoholic. Poe himself suffered from alcoholism and often showed erratic behavior with violent outburst. Poe is famous for his American Gothic horror tales such as the Tell-Tale Heart and the Fall of the House of Usher. “The Black Cat is Poe’s second psychological study of domestic violence and guilt. He added a new element to aid in evoking the dark side of the narrator, and that is the supernatural world.” (Womack). Poe uses many of the American Gothic characteristics such as emotional intensity, superstition, extremes in violence, the focus on a certain object and foreshadowing lead the reader through a series of events that are horrifying

White makes a wish he thought would be innocent and would benefit the family without listening to what Sargeant-Major Morris warned him about the deadly monkey´s paw. Later after he makes the wish, he finds out the monkey´s paw indeed worked, and the thing he wished for costed the life of his beloved son. Mr. And Ms. White, terrifies of the monkey´s paw, decide not to try it ever again. But Ms. White, inconsolable with her only child´s death, decides to take a risk and wish for her son to come back to life. Later at night, someone knocks harshly on the door and Mr. White, full of terror, uses the very last wish to disappear whatever was outside the door

His friends teased him and called him dog-lover” (Welch 4.) White Man’s Dog was not as wealthy as his counterparts and often envisioned his life with a woman. However his luck soon turned around when he goes on a horse-taking party to the Crow tribe. Although the party has bittersweet success, White Man’s Dog proved he was a man when he killed another during the raid. “When the news of this deed got around, many of the men had honored him with scalp songs”(Welch 62.) After this event, White Man’s Dog quickly rises through the Pikuni ranks even though he is uncomfortable with the idea of the slaying in the first place. The cataclysmic event is a major turning point in the development of White Man’s Dog as he is finally recognized as an equal within his

Edgar Allan Poe, the acclaimed poet, has created a multitude of short stories, one being “The Black Cat”.The short story depicts an alcoholic on his slow descent into insanity; this relates heavily to the author’s own life, being an extreme alcoholic himself. The narrator of “The Black Cat” is not only driven mad by alcohol, but also by a black cat, as you might guess from the title of the story. At the beginning of “The Black Cat”, you can tell the narrator’s alcohol addiction is taking its toll when he starts abusing his wife and pets. His actions slowly led up to him killing his cat, Pluto, and then killing his own wife because tried to defend their second cat from him. His meticulous writing style, diction, syntax, and imagery in his short stories are used to portray his emotions.

"I grew day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others" (Poe 671). Poe had a very complicated relationship with transcendentalism, and you can clearly see this rocky relationship in two of his works. One of these works is "The Black Cat". A brief summary of this short story; the narrator of this story is an insane man who knows he's about to die. The story talks about a cat that he used to have, named Pluto. He was very close to the cat until he starts to abuse his wife and other animals. The cat no longer likes the narrator, then the cat gets hung. While this happens the narrator's house burns down. Later a new cat comes alone, much like Pluto, and at first, he has a close relationship with this cat. Once it's noticed the cat only has one eye, he hates the cat. Later the narrator strikes his wife on the head with an axe, and hides her body. What he didn't know is while burying the body of his wife, the cat ends up with her. The police then show up just to look around, and the cat starts making noise. The police hear this and break down the wall, and here they find the cat and the man's dead wife. The other literary work that refutes transcendentalism is the poem "Annabel Lee". A condensed summary of that poem; the narrator of the poem, and Annabel Lee fell in love while they are young. Even after Annabel Lee passes, the narrator does not give up on the love they shared. After reading "Annabel Lee" and "The Black Cat", it is clear that Poe denies many concepts of transcendentalism. In looking for the answers to life's questions, Poe relies on the idea that human intuition is harmful. The narrator in "Annabel Lee" alludes to this selfish intuition when his obsession with himself and the idea of love causes him to lose his Annabel Lee. Then again in "The Black Cat", he focusses purely on finding answers within the dark. Transcendentalist does not believe in a dark intuition, they like to look at nature and its light side for the answers to life's questions.

Within us, we have the dark and the bright side. We do the good, but have evil thoughts and some people act on it, thinking it may drag them to feel good in doing so. This informative short-story provides a perfect example on how we take control of our mind. Edgar Allan Poe, the author of “The Black Cat”, develops the central idea that violence solves problems. On the eve of an unnamed narrator’s death, he writes a story of how his life collapsed, turning around his love for everybody and falling into a big pile of a hopeless mess and madness by committing brutal actions.