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    the abomination within that great glided frame; stretched out my fingers and touched a cold unyielding surface of polished glass,”(Lovecraft 30). This refers to the narrator finding out that he is a supernatural creature, a monster. In “The Monkey’s Paw”, super natural events were all over the story. One of them is when the son has the father wish for two hundred pounds. After the son dies on the job, the company he worked for compensates his death with the same 200 pounds he wished for. The supernatural

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    discovering more about the person or object. This appears to be a prominent recurring theme throughout the novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs and the short story “Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. These four texts convey this theme through the use of gothic

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    Exotic Pets). A profuse number of reptiles carry salmonella, and since they usually don’t exhibit any symptoms, there is no easy way of knowing which reptile is infected. “[About] 80% to 90% of all macaque monkeys are infected with Herpes B-virus or Simian B, a virus that is harmless to monkeys, but often fatal in humans” (Born free USA). The Ebola virus, monkeypox, and other fatal illnesses have also been known to be spread by

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    madness and eventual demise. Similarly, Guy de Maupassant in his short story, “The Necklace”, introduces Mathilde, who despises her social and economic standing to the detriment of both herself and her husband. Finally, in the short story “The Monkey’s Paw, W.W. Jacobs shows how a relatively happy family can be ruined when they wish for more. These authors are trying to illuminate to the reader that discontentment leads to misery. In the Rocking horse, the mother, who “started with all the advantages

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    The story What ever happened to Pussy, and The monkey trainer, were talking about animals, and people. They both are dependent on someone else for their well-being, and they both have hope for better times. Monkey trainer: The three monkeys immediately jumped around making a great din, hoping for a beginning to the end of the torment they had lived through the previous night. Pussy: …when she was hungry and would begin mewing in gentle entreaty and rubbing herself against her mistress’s legs so

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    rises. But, with Sarge by his side, he is able to go out and do normal things. Jim was on a lot of medication and now with Sarge, he is off all the medication. Sarge really did a lot to help Jim and now Jim is working with an organization called Paws and Stripes. It is an organization that works to bring these emotional support dogs to our veterans that suffer from a mental or physical disability. It is amazing how just one dog can bring about such a change in a person. (Psychiatric Service

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    which she was impaled through the hips by a metal rail. Kahlo is trying to communicate the loss of life and the continual pain that she endured throughout her life as a disabled woman. In the painting are various animals, such as hummingbird, cat, and monkey, which show her relationship to pain in the thorn necklace that she wear about her neck: “In this painting, Kahlo engages in a communication across human/animal/natural borders to convey her pain and loneliness” Smith and Watson, 2005, p.319). This

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    She summon band of winged monkey, they tear the scarecrow, and place his clothe to the top of tree. Throw tin woodman to the rocky hill. And make the Lion become her pet. The wicked witch makes Dorothy became her personal slave, she also made a scheme to steal the silver shoe from

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    of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, and theatres. There are three science fiction stories I will be going over, The Monkey’s Paw, The Nose, and I Never Eat Pizza. Science Fiction essays are fun to read because there is so many ways you can go with

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