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    The tone is breaking down.It was like the house was given up band don't care no more. Then,In the poem monkey paws on page 189 The first owner had three wishes yes.I don't know what the first to where for but all I know the third wish was to die.The tone is unknown .I would be scared to get the paw but I don't want to ask it something the get karma. On page 190 Get rid of it ! And give up our chance to be rich and famous and happy? Wish to be a emperor

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    to jump greater distances than alot of other animals. The tallest a wallaby ever got was 6 ft. tall! Alot of times people argue about saying a Wallaby has four legs. Actually a wallaby has two feet and two hands/paws. The explanation for this that a wallaby is not like a monkey, monkeys use their feet for everything when a wallaby is like a human only use hands to eat and bath. These are some adaption facts and characteristics.

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    (Turnbull). Research shows that a lot of other animals can be trained to be service animals. It is a normal conception that dogs are the only animal eligible to be a service animal but research shows other animals are capable of this. Miniature horses, monkeys, cats, birds and goats can all be trained to be service animals. Miniature Horses Some people love horses but horses cannot be service animals because they are too big. Fortunately miniature horses are the perfect size to be service animals. “In

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    Monkey's Paw Poem

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    Another Victim of the Monkey's Paw Tessa turned 22 last spring while Kye turned 25 last month. They have been dating for three years and today is their anniversary, halloween night. Tessa is in charge of costumes while Kye is in charge of the activities. Tessa, while dreaming of how amazing their night will be hoping possibly for a proposal, gets dressed in her Jane costume. She decided Tarzan and Jane was a better idea than peanut butter and jelly that Kye decided on last year. Tessa waves

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    Short stories may be short, but have relatively the same plot elements as a regular story would. Tone, foreshadowing, suspense, and character motivation are needed in any story to set the reader’s mood. “The Landlady,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” and “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” all include these vital elements making them wonderful short stories for the reader to enjoy. Each story uses these elements in a unique way, making it difficult to predict the ending while reading it, but if you look at the

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    In “The Monkey’s Paw,” the paw symbolizes temptation and greed which is a flaw in all human beings. It has the power to fulfill 3 wishes to 3 owners, making the use of it tempting to the person who owns it. As an instance, in the beginning of the story, Mr. White is very eager to have the paw when sergeant Morris takes it out; it is in human nature to continuously desire more that the possessions that one already owns which is caused by temptation and greed (the paw). The paw is also symbolically

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    Majestic Mombasa

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    "Majestic Mombassa" As I lay in the comfort of the large, elegant hotel room, the bright morning sunlight streams effortlessly through the spotless sliding glass doors. The white sheets lay gently over me as I begin to stretch and blink as the sun finally finds its way to my eyes and awakens me with the feeling of a large warm hand brushing against my face. I lay there feeling the room heat up as though it were a small pot of water sitting on a blazing furnace. The only thing to do is get up

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    Descriptive Zoo

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    like Caribbean Flamingos, bears and their snake collection was amazing. The first animals my sister and I wanted to see was the monkeys. The monkeys would swing from the trees and the vines. They were amazing. The monkeys are just like hairy humans. They would watch us as we watched them. The baby monkeys were so cute trying to keep up with the rest of the monkeys. The gorillas were so big. They just sat around acting like they didn't even notice anybody was looking at them. The chimpanzees

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    Many people throughout history have asked the question, ‘is fear our worst enemy’? Fear can cause people to make irrational decisions, and take unnecessary risk, it can make you feel distrustful of other people, or situations regardless of whether there is real danger or not. Fear can be expressed in many different ways, but it almost always has a negative effect. Some people might say that fear is essential, that is makes us cautious when we are vulnerable, but keeping a clear, calm head is always

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    The Monkey's Paw Essay

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    In the short story, “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs, the main character’s son dies due to a mishap at his work. They get this monkey paw and it grants them three wishes. Mr. (Herbert’s dad) and Mrs. White (Herbert’s mom) makes the second wish to bring Herbert back, which is when the knocking started. Mr. White then makes the third wish, which is unknown to us, the reader, and the knocking then stops. Question is, was Herbert at the door and in what form was he in? Herbert was at the door and he

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