Sergeant Major's Death

One of the ways that "The Monkey’s Paw" exemplifies the horror genre is through the use of horror without monsters(topic #1). A representative of Maw and Meggins comes to the White’s home and gives them the news of their son’s short life. “She broke off suddenly as the sinister meaning of assurance dawned upon her and she saw the awful confirmation of her fears in the other’s averted face”(Jacobs 112). The quote means that Mrs. White had suddenly realized what it meant to have been hurt but not be in any pain. When she had realized her son died she realized she needed to tell her husband. What she did not know was that it was part of the curse that Mr. White had wished for. The quotation helps to show that "The Monkey’s Paw" exemplifies the

10. How does Mr. White's final wish fulfill the curse that the old priest put on the monkey’s paw? (1)

There is a knock at the door, someone or something has come to the door and won’t stop knocking. The mother hurriedly rushes to the door. At this time the father scurries to find the monkey’s paw, and he then makes the final wish. The knocking stops at the door immediately after he makes his wish. Although we are never told what the last wish is, this gives us an idea that what he wished for was his son to return to the dead.

The stories, “The Monkey’s Paw” and “What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish,” are both based on the idea of what someone would do with three wishes. “The Monkey’s Paw” is a short story based on a family which acquires a monkey’s paw that is magical. In the end, it causes many problems for the family. “What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish” is a legend about an Israeli boy,Yoni, who is shooting a documentary about what would people wish for if they had a magic goldfish who grants three wishes. One of the interviews goes wrong, and Yoni is killed, but he comes back to life because of a wish granted by a magic goldfish. Although the stories, “The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, and “What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish,” by Etgar Keret, have different settings and the last wished used are contrasting, the magic talisman grants three wishes in both stories.

Sgt Francis is currently serving 20 plus years of military service, 6 years Reservist as a Marine Engineer, and 14 years Reg Force as an Aerospace Telecommunication Systems technician. He has vast experience in the CAF training system with six years at CFB Kingston as an POET instructor, course director, and an ATIS Training Standards supervisor; maturing young technicians in their selected careers.

In the monkeys paw, there's a home that house's three people, the mother, the father, the son and the sergeant(the friend). One of the fathers old friend's comes to visit and tell stories of his journey. He talks about the pyramids, interesting people, different states and many other things over some drinks. The sergeant started telling a story about something called the monkey's paw, which is what really peaked the father's interest. The sergeant said it would grant you three wishes, but at a price. After the he finished his story the father asked to have it as a memento. The father's friend knew there was no way he would drop it so the sergeant gave him the paw, but before letting go he told him there were consequences if he used it. It was getting late and the sergeant had to leave. After he left the son went to bed so he would be ready for work in the morning, but the father and mother stayed up talking about the paw. A hour pasted and the father wished for money not thinking about what bad may happen. "I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly. (part 1, W.W. Jacobs). The next morning the son went to work at the saw mill like an ordinary day. the parents laying in there yard reading a knitting were talking about how it didn't work and it was a tall tale when out of the blue, the father and mother received a visit from a stranger that works with there son at the mill. The stranger told the parents there was an accident at the mill. Both the father and mother dropped there things and asked what happened and if there son was okay. He hesitated, but finally got the courage to say the news. 'Your son had a accident working and passed away.” said the stranger. The mother started crying. The stranger handed them a bag of money. The stranger said he got donations from all the workers to help with the funeral. Then it dawned on the father what had happened. He had killed his

in the short story, "He patted the stuffed bag he carried, and there hung down a little closed claw.

In the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” written by W.W. Jacobs, Mr.White is most responsible for the sorrows that resulted from wishing on the monkey’s paw. A family friend named Sergeant Major Morris visited the White’s home. Mr.White asked the sergeant about the monkey’s paw out of curiosity and the Sergeant, after avoiding telling Mr.White, told Mr.White about the paw and how it is magical. Therefore, Mr.White is guilty for all of the terrible things that happened to the White family.

As Sam opened his eyes, he was taken aback. Cobwebs draped down from the ceiling to the ground. There was no lighting; the only trace of light was from the dusty window. The smell was what really surprised him. It smelled so good in here! He expected a place like this to be smelly, but instead it smelled like lavender and honey. He spied a plate that had some rice and vegetables, and a small bowl of curry. A cup of tea finished of the dazzling array of food. “Finally you’ve woken up,” a chiming voice startled Sam’s inspection. To his surprise, he saw a monkey. He was carrying a banana leaf with a container of something green. “You sure where lucky. Surviving a moose in rage is quite uncommon. You’re pretty uncommon yourself, with a birthmark on your forehead shaped like a star and a really quick reviving body. My name’s Looloo, and I’m the one who carried you home. You

spiritually but also physically based on the Monkey King's characteristics: "He sprang from the desk onto the chair, and from the chair to the mattress, and from the mattress up to the desk again, dragging his long arms and heavy knuckles. His head turned from side to side like a quick questioning monkey. ... He picked a flea from behind an ear--is this a flea?--or is it the magic pole in its toothpick state that the King of the Monkeys keeps hidden behind his ear?" (32) Thereafter, this connection is further clarified in such retellings of the Chinese picaresque in Kingston's novel as this:

One day Ms. Little had a baby. But the baby was not like any other baby. It was a mouse. He acted like one. They thought of mailing him somewhere but instead they kept him and named him Stuart. 1 month later Ms. Little noticed he was not growing. So she brought him to the doctor said it was strange for a America family to have a mouse. The doctor said just let him eat more. Ms. Little thought it was okay that he was small because he sure was always helpful. One day Ms. Little drop her ring in the sink. His other brother said to fish it out but that didn’t work well. Later Mr. Little said Stuart could get it out. Stuart said okay And seconds later he came back with the ring around his neck. That is what I read in chapter

“Good show Berry!” Yelled Adora, she started climbing the steps of the temple, quickly she got to the top and saw the golden monkey statue. It was beautiful, marvelous, and magnificent, she swiftly grabbed the statue, but when she did the ground and temple started rumbling, peices of the temple were starting to fall off.

I knew exactly what, he was a poacher. I saw the monkey that feel from earlier and felt a deep sadness inside my stomach. I knew I had to help that monkey. I made a plan in my head and decide now’s my time to help that monkey. I sneak around the cages and when I got close to the monkey’s cage I rammed it. It fell and broke open letting the monkey free.

“ Cree don’t you dare bring him here we don’t know if we can even trust all of them.” “Well I feel loved.” Dustin mumbled. Cree ignored Emmie and continued piling up the leafs and branches to do something that I’m guessing involves whatever a Foogle is. When she had finished she put her hand on the pile , started to whistle a small song and soon enough something less than a foot small shot out and hid behind the nearest tree scarring Abby, Hunter, and Dustin half to death. Cree walked over to the tree and bent down to whisper something to the small creature and as soon as she did the little guy walked out from behind the tree. It was so ugly that in a way it was really cute. He was only a foot tall with little stumps sticking out of his head and really big sad eyes. “His name is Fooglie and he’s my pet Foogle. Emmie has one too and her name is Rosie and if she loves me she’ll call for her to show you.” she smiled.

In World War 2 over 65 million people lost their lives. The emotional toll on the families of the lost soldiers soon followed. Throughout World War 2 we gained many allies, but because of all the destruction that the was caused, for example, peoples homes and all their precious materials being stolen or destroyed, we lost a vast majority of those them. The taking of so many lives and destroying of countries can cause a lot of hate on the nations that inflicted this destruction. This can cause young kids to grow up hating other nations and that is when conflict can start. The lives that are lost during wartime are undeniably one of the biggest causes of death. One thing that every country has in common is the death toll that they face in war. Conflict arises no matter what the cause. The way to grow as a world is to control these conflicts with verbal communication instead of using war as an option.