Monkey's Paw Book Report

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The lesson learned in the Monkey’s Paw is that you should always be prepared for the consequences. A consequence is a result or effect of an action or condition. For example, when the second wish was made for the child to be brought back to life, the family should have been prepared for the consequences. As they made wishes, the consequences weren’t in mind at the time. When the dad lost his son he felt very bad and that is when the second wish came in mind to wish for his son’s life back.

When they would make wishes they should have been careful on what exactly they wished because once it is made you cannot change nothing about it. In result of this when they wished for the child to be brought back to life, the wish did not come through.

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