The Monkeys Paw Literary Analysis

“The Monkeys Paw” is a story about a family who lives in England. The story starts on a stormy and dark night. The family sits in their house and enjoy a silent evening around the fireplace. A solider who is called “Sergeant-Major Morris” arrives at their home. He knows on the door and tells the family that he has been in the army in India for the past twenty-one years. He shows them the paw which he has found on one of his adventures. He tells them that the paw has the power of giving each of them three wishes. Subsequently, he tells them that the wishes have consequences too. Mr. White buys the paw anyway and the solider leaves the house. Their son Herbert suggests that they wish for two hundred pounds to pay off the house bills.
The next

day Mr. and Mrs. White waits for the wish to happen. At the evening, Mrs. White sees a well-dressed man standing outside their house. She opens the door and the man tells them that their son Herbert has been in a working accident. They will not take any blame of the accident but he will give them two hundred pounds to help.
Later they try to bring Herbert back to life by using their second wish. Soon after someone starts smashing at the door and the parents think is it Herbert. When Mrs. White goes down to the door Mr. White does not want him to get into the house, so without Mrs. White knowing anything he uses his third wish. Mr. White hears a scream and when he runs to the door the road is empty.