Monkey’s Paw Prequel
There was once an old fakir who lived in India. He created something that was called “the monkey’s paw.” The monkey’s paw could grant three wishes. The old fakir saw a man walking by who was just staring at the ground looking at the dirt.. The old fakir said “Would you like to buy this monkey’s paw? It can grant you three wishes.”
The man said “I bet that is some fake thing you just want me to buy so you can be rich.”
The old fakir said “It is real. I would have gave it to you for ten dollars, but now I will give it to you for free. With every good wish, there is some trouble with it. So don’t come back and tell me bad things are happening.”
The man said “Okay fine. I will just take it home and see what this fake thing can do.”
The man went back to his house and sat down on the chair in the dining room staring at the monkey’s paw. He told his wife and daughter about how the old fakir gave him the monkey’s paw and how it granted wishes. The man said to the monkey’s paw “I wish for a million dollars.” One of the monkey’s fingers went down so the man knew he now had two wishes left. The man went into the living room and saw the money on fire by the fire place.
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The man decided to throw it in the trash can outside. After that, the whole family went to bed. The next morning, a monkey sound was echoing through the house. The man woke up and saw that the monkey’s paw was on his dresser. The monkey’s paw had two fingers still up. The man got his daughter and wife and they saw it too. They all went to the living room and sat on the couch. The man then thought of an idea. He said “I wish for this dumb old monkey’s paw to go away. All of a sudden, the monkey’s paw vanished. The whole family was sitting there in silence. They were surprised that the wish came
Additionally, Sergeant Major Morris knew the consequences of wishing upon the monkey's paw, saying on page 377, "I don't know what the first two [wishes] were, but the third was for death." This implied that the previous owner of the paw had suffered such severe consequences that he wished away his own life. Although Sergeant Major Morris refrained from giving the
The Simpsons episode “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II” is about a magical monkey’s paw bought by the Simpsons, a modern day family that lives in a town called Springfield. The family uses the paw to grant themselves four wishes. The wishes, they soon find out, all include repercussions that harm the family in some way. The book “The Monkey’s Paw” is about a family that is given a monkey’s paw by a friend that says it can grant three wishes. The family’s home in this story is Laburnum Villa, sometime in the past. At first the family is skeptical of the friends claim that the paw is magic saying, “If the tale about the monkey’s paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us, we shan't make much out of it.”(Page 4, W.W. Jacobs). They then proceed to use the paw and are surprised to find that what they wish for is in fact granted but comes with terrible consequences. While “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror II” both share similar plots, the settings of the stories and the
One may stutter over the conception that a monkey’s paw holds the power to determine fate, rather than siding with freewill. In the short story, “The Monkey’s Paw,” an average family, located in the middle class discovers a monkey’s paw and are told that they had three wishes upon that magical, yet deceiving item. However, their decisions cost them several, unintended consequences, due to greed within the human mind. The author, W.W. Jacobs uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony to convey the peril of wish fulfillment and the dangers of interfering with fate.
The tone in the beginning of the Monkey’s Paw is dark and mysterious. The text indicates that they are playing chess by the fire, and the night was cold and wet. These descriptive words describe the mysterious night the Whites were having.
Just like a genie, right? Wrong. Thesewishes come with an outstanding price. The story proves that interfering with fate can have a disastrous outcome. “The Monkey’s Paw” uses literary devices to create a story filled with both suspense and horror..
It all began at a funeral. When Mike, the first owner of the paw, received it from an unknown man at his brother's funeral. “ You now have three wishes, but wish wisely or you will forever regret them.” said the man in a mumble. He went home held the monkey's paw in the air and said his first wish, which was a wish for love. He’d been so lost without his brother due to the fact that he was his only family left. People could tell something was up by the way he is now. Mike use to be a super upbeat man who can make anybody smile. Nowadays he seems to not care, he walks all slumped down and frowns at the ground. There was one day though that the whisper around down was he smiled at a young woman who
monkey's paw and made his third and final wish. Just as he made his wish the
If the chance were given, most people would accept the offer to have a wish come true, but wishes often come with consequences. In “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Necklace” both stories have characters who seize the opportunity to have a wish granted, and must suffer the consequences. In “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, a married couple receives the mummified paw of a monkey that can allegedly grant wishes. They receive a warning of its darkness, but proceed nonetheless and in the end, their son dies because of their unintended wish. In “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, a depressed young woman never stops complaining because she feels that she is poor and strives for beauty, fame, and money. Her carelessness eventually leads her to become
I have read your short story, The Monkey’s Paw, and I find it to be well written. I especially enjoyed your use of Foreshadowing, and Denotation and Connotation in the story. Furthermore, I would like to also suggest one revision in the story.
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs is about a family who gets their hands on a magical relic. After making a wish tragedy strikes. Jacobs creates a suspenseful plot. He does this by creating eerie images, sounds, and dialogue.
However, they have different motives. According to the story, the "Monkey's Paw", the protagonists, Mr. White and Mr. Peters both got three wishes coincidentally. " Mr. White received a magic monkey's paw which can give people three wishes from a soldier and Mr. Peters saved the king of the forest, and the king gave him the chance to realize three wishes." However, the king and Mr. White’s friend warned them that it
The Monkeys Paw There is an old story about a man and how he had a monkeys paw. Well heres how it all happened. A man named Matt who was 36 years old and lived alone without any family, was shopping in a market one day and went to an antique shop. While he was looking for something interesting to buy a weird looking object caught his eye. He walked over to it, picked it up and asked how much it was.
The setting of the story is a country house in the England region, it is a dark and stormy evening. Mr. White and his son Herbert are into a game of chess, Mr. White is making dangerous moves and he loses the games. A man named Sergeant Major Morris comes through the door and takes a seat. He talks about his time in India and some of his war stories. He takes what is a monkey paw out of his pocket. He explains that 3 men get 3 wishes and that is all. He says the man he got it from, his last wish was death. Suddenly he throws the paw into the fire, and Mr. White quickly grabbed it. Sergeant Morris tells Mr. White not to, but he does not listen. After Sergeant Morris leaves Mr. White tries the paw out and wishes for 200 pounds of silver. Mr.
the Whites reply with “Just fine I would say.” Major Morris says, “May I come in?” Mrs. White answers, “You may.” Major Morris tells them, “Now I’ve came here to warn you to not make any more wishes because the paw has been stolen and I would assume you know who has taken it out of your home…” The whites look at each other and then look back at Major Morris.
The story Is basically about the white family, more specifically Mr. White. An older gentlemen who happens to come in contact with and object called a monkey paw. It was claimed that the monkey paw has special powers to grant three wishes. Even though Mr. White was clearly warned not get involved with one. Stated in the passage, Sergeant-Major throws the monkey paw in the fire to get rid of it.