The Dangers Of Greed In The Monkey's Paw

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In the story “The Monkey’s Paw”, The White family discovers what harms can come from greed and the power to get whatever you wanted. This story highlights the reason’s why it is better to be happy rather than to have power or to be rich, or to try to get loved ones back from the grave, the story also touches on the idea of great power comes great responsibility, as well topic of heeding others advice when matters get rough or bad in your favor. The topic of this story would haft to be “when others want to aid you, let them. Sometimes (almost all the time) power can crupet you and turn you mad with power and the ability to do anything you want just by asking for it. This story is a good story for people to learn from and to look back

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