The Monkey's Paw Poem Analysis

In both the film and story Herbert gets sent back into his grimey grave. In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs stated, “...frantically breathed in his third and last wish. The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echos of it were still in the house. “WIth this quote the author is promptly generating suspense to the story for the reader. W.W Jacobs is also presenting to the reader that the Monkey’s Paw is dominant. Furthermore in the film “The Monkey’s Paw” directed by Ricky Lewis Jr. it displays the shadow of a male figure just on the outside of the door. Not only that, but the director also includes the sound of someone knocking at the door. Mrs. White who is yearning to see her son, proceeds to open the door, but is filled with sorrow when a bright light fills her eyes, and she no longer hears the knock. Ricky Lewis Jr. made the delicate decision to keep this incident the same as the original story of The Monkey’s Paw. This is because by Herbert getting wished back into his grave after being wished alive once again, shows the

The last wishes in both stories are used in drastically different ways. After Mr. White finds the paw, which he dropped, he wishes and “the knocking ceased suddenly…” (Jacobs). Since the knocking stopped, Mr. White’s last wish was to make is now alive son go away, which means that his last

The aftermath of the first wish brought them to the second. Before the news of their son’s death, Mr. White took his wife’s hands, as if they were courting in their younger day. He had his wife all to himself; without the interference of their son. While at the house, after the funeral, Mrs. White cried out to her husband to use to paw to wish their son back to life. The father urged her that the request was too much because if she could not see him at the funeral, she would not be able to fathom the look of him if he came back. She wished for her son to come back and there came a knock at the door, and she ran downstairs in anticipation of her sons return. As she ran downstairs, Mr. White struggled to find the paw, found it and the knocking stopped.

In Woodchucks, a poem by Maxine Kumin, a gardener is having problems with woodchucks invading her garden. She attempts to kill the woodchucks with cyanide gas, but the Woodchucks wouldn’t die. The pacifist gardener, resorts to violence and shoots the woodchucks with a rifle. She was hoping for an easy solution but ended up going against her peace loving ways and turned violent. Throughout the poem, Maxine Kumin slowly reveals the underlying meaning of her writing. Kumin emphasizes that there are violent thoughts and tendencies in every individual by referencing real life events, by escalading the tone of the poem, and by using a series of literary devices.

The relationship between father and son changes over time, and molds along with the people in encapsulates. As in real life, the father and son who inhabit Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” experience sudden changes within their relationship as the time passes on. The son’s cries for a story that slowly change into adult conversations throughout the poem indicate that with maturity and age comes both understanding and hostility.

In the poem, A Story, by Li-Young Lee, a father struggles with the thought of his son growing older. The poem clearly shows fears of how he is afraid of their complex relationship. Lee uses many literary devices to convey this complex relationship of the father and the son through point of view and structure.

The poem “A Story” by Li young Lee tells of a young child asking his father for story. The boy simply wants a story that he has never heard, his father is bombarded with panic as he seems to think he is disappointing his son. Through analysis of structure, points of view and metaphors this seemingly simple story is transformed into a deep meaningful poem about a complex relationship between a father and son.

First of all, the first wish in both stories was for an item or person. They wished for something they each wanted without being very specific, therefore there were consequences. Mr. Peters didn’t exactly wish for a human to be his wife, he only specified “a wife as beautiful as the forest.”. In the case of the old man, his son, Herbert, was killed at work. The old man did not specify how he would get the money. The second wish in both stories was correcting the consequences of the first wish. Such as the fact the Herbert was dead or Mr. Peters’ wife turned into a swan. Finally, Mr. Peters and the old man learn a valuable lesson, be more specific.

In the Poem “A Story”, the poet Li-Young Lee conveys the convoluted and complex relationship of a father and son with techniques such as point of view and carefully used diction. Throughout the poem, a simple scene is depicted; story time between father and son. The child is satisfied and mesmerized by his “baba” while his father fears his own failure and the eventual adulthood of his son.

In “Monkey Hill,” Stan Rice writes about the speaker of the poem who sits at a zoo with his friend observing the spider monkey exhibit. The two stay the whole day to observe these monkeys. The speaker becomes envious of these monkeys and their ability to be confident with exactly where they are and with who they are. Rice argues that our minds imprison us when we are worried about judgment from others. The monkeys in the exhibit felt free and at ease while the two observers were trapped in worrisome about the outside world in fear of how others would perceive them.

The speaker of the poem, “Weighing the Dog” is the person who is weighing the dog, and then realizes that when he/she left someone, that person means so much more to him.

In Louis N. Parker's story, The Monkey's Paw, Mr. White is to blame for Herbert's death because he is nonchalant, impulsive and greedy. First, because of Mr. White's nonchalant personality he does not take Sergent-Majoy Morris's multiple warnings about the paw seriously. For example, Sergeant-Major Morris tells the family about the consequences of the monkey's paw and Mr. White does not listen. The Sergeant says, "If you keep it, don't blame me, whatever happens [...] But I warn you! I warn you!" (Parker 125). Thus, despite that the Sergeant gravely emphasizes how dangerous the paw is, Mr. White ignores his words and decides to continue using the paw. This shows Mr. White's lack of concern which leads to his son's death. Next, other than being

In the poem “A Story” by Li-Young Lee, the topic of growing up is easily seen. With this in mind,the relationship between the father is constantly changing and evolving even if we do not personally see it. This growth is seen through the use of many literary elements.

Each of the men were granted three wishes, however, both men were told ahead of time to be wise about their decisions. In “The Monkey’s Paw,” Mr. White’s first wish was to gain 200 pounds to pay off his mortgage (page 91). Consequently, Mr. White paid a very high price for his wish. He lost his only son, Herbert 9page 93-94). Mr. White’s second wish was to bring his son back to life (page 95-96). Well, Herbert died in a machinery malfunction, so if he was to bring his son back to life, he would be distorted (page 95-96). Mr. White didn’t want his son mutilated; therefore, he wished a third time. This time he wished for his son to stay dead (page 98). Due to that wish, the White couple had to live a life without their son. However, in the “The Third Wish,” we have a different case. In this story, Mr. Peters was very careful about his wishes. Mr. Peters' first wish was to have a wife as beautiful as the forest (page 103). He got the wish, but he later realized that his wife was a swan and could not be happy as a human. His wife, whose name was Leita, did not want to leave Mr. Peters, but truly missed her swan sister (page 104). Mr. Peters, being the kind gentleman that he was, used his second wish to benefit his wife. Mr. Peters wished his wife into the swan that she was once before (page 105), Since Mr. Peters wished for his wife to be her normal self again, he had no companion. Now,

The Caterpillar is a poem which focuses on the previously overlooked actions some of us may partake in, that may not be thought much of, but have short and long lasting effects on a scale we might not be very familiar with. Do we feel remorse for living organisms on a small macroscopic level, or is it just an insignificant part of our complex lives? Is the appreciation of life developed through experiences? Do we feel more pity for a single being that has been through trauma than we do for thousands that have not? In this poem, the conflict between caterpillars and humans is discussed in a such a way that brings up questions about how valuable we perceive other life to be, and how different