Who Is Responsible For The Adaptation Of The Monkey's Paw

The W.W. Jacobs version, and the Simpson’s version of The Monkey’s Paw were both similar and different. For example, one difference is, in The Monkey’s Paw story by W.W. Jacobs, the wishes made all had bad outcomes. Specifically, In the W.W. Jacobs version, a man comes to their house and tells them Herbert died and they would be given, “[t]wo hundred pounds...” (Jacobs 174). This evidence proves, how the White family wished for two hundred pounds, then the received the two hundred pounds, at the cost of their son’s life. On the other hand, in The Simpson’s version, they became rich and famous from their wish. Overall, In the W.W. Jacobs version of The Monkey’s paw, the wishes all had very bad outcomes; but the Simpson’s version had fairly good

“My Uncle’s breathing became thinner and drier until eventually it stopped”, pg 126. “They had found dad by the stables”, pg 148. After Murray’s dad died in a wild fire and his uncle from cancer and Murray’s brother Will had already left, Murray feels lost. “Did you know him?” , “No” said Frank.

With Jacob’s overall message of the dangers of greed throughout the story, someone might perceive the natural eagerness to make one's life better a positive trait instead of a negative trait. However, the first sentence of “The Monkey’s Paw” is the quote “be careful what you wish for, you may receive it” written by Anonymous can be inferred that people can wish for anything they desire, but they are advised to think strongly about their wish. This is because when a wish becomes true it can either make life better, solving current/potential problems, or create a newer and larger problem causing a negative effect on the lives of others in addition to their own. Human nature's natural greed is the root cause of the misfortunes of the White family. Intrigued by the possibility of gaining three wishes, the White’s salivate over the possibility of attaining the monkey’s paw by trying to persuade Sergeant Morris to give it to them. In Part One of the story when Herbert notifies the family of the arrival of Sergeant-Major Morris, Mr. White rises quickly from his chair to open the door and proceeds to offer the guest whiskey in the hopes of loosening him up and make him vulnerable. It can be inferred that Mr. White is interested in attaining the monkey’s paw Sergeant-Major Morris has in his possession. The use of courtesy is just a disguise to take

The irony of this is the man then gives the family 200 pounds as a compensation for their son’s death. Irony continues throughout the story when the mother than wishes for Herbert to come back to life.

Mr. White makes his three wishes, and they end in tragedy. The fakirs point is proven in the story when Mr. White does not want to wish Herbert back to life, Herbert being brought back to life,

Knowing what will happen, George wants to make Lennie as happy as possible before he takes his life. He tells him the story of the farm and the rabbits and how they will arrive there soon. In George’s mind, if he Lennie thinks about rabbits then he will have them with him in

In the back of his mind, he knew he wanted the paw and money that could come with it. Although the White’s had a great amount of money, they were still greedy enough to want the paw. An additional reason White is to blame for the events that have happened with the paw is that he's the one who made the wish for the two hundred pounds. In the story it states, “As I wished, it twisted in my hand like a snake” ( James 3 ). Herbert was the one who suggested the two hundred pounds, but White made the choice to make the wish.

The Monkey’s Paw The Monkey’s Paw is about a family called the White’s also a man named Sergeant Major Morris. Morris gives the White’s a mummified monkey’s paw that is expected to have magical powers. The paw gives three men three wishes and Mr. White is the third man to wish.

The story says, “‘If you only cleared the house, you’d be quite happy, wouldn’t you!” said Herbert, with his hand on his shoulder. ‘Well, wish for two hundred pounds, then; that’ll just do it.’” This explains how Herbert is greedy over the paw and wishes for money more than anything else even though they have everything they need. Herbert thinks that the consequences of the monkey’s paw won’t be as bad as he thinks it is going to be.

When Josephine, her sister, had to tell her the sad news of Mr. Mallard’s death, a weight felt as if it were lifted. Now she must be free. In the end, though, none of the characters got their wishes. Georg and Ulrich decided that their was no point in hating for no apparent reason, and became friends. Mrs. Mallard’s wish of being free was destroyed when later that same day, her husband entered the house.

In “the Monkey’s Paw,” by w.w. Jacobs the theme is don’t use wishes for power or greed. In addition,the son herbert gets caught in the machinery because Mr. White wishes for two hundred pounds. Also, they got their money but it was out of herbert's death because of his hard work at the mill. Also, they try to wish him back but Mr.White gets scared and wishes him away. First, in the story the text says “I wish for two hundred pounds.

After he leaves Mr. White wishes fro 200 pounds to pay the mortgage of the house. The day after a worker from his son’s job told Mr. White Herbert had died and in form of sorrow and respect they were going to give them 200 pounds. The night after the funeral Mr. White wishes fro Herbert to come back. After that he

Mr. White quick off his feet rescues it. Sergeant Morris demands he leaves the paw alone multiple times. Mr. White does not listen to Sergeant Morris. After, Sergeant Morris explains how to make a wish but highly discourages it. Sergeant Morris leaves and tells him the person before him who had this paw was that his last wish was for death. After Sergeant Morris leaves Herbert, Mr. White's son, says he is full of nonsense. Herbert says a thousand dollars would be nice in order to pay off the house. So, Mr. White makes the wish for a thousand dollars. Nothing happens for a while. Herbert leaves that night to go work in the factory and says he should be home for breakfast. The next morning Mr. and Ms. White notice Herbert is 20 minutes late. They keep looking out the window for him, but then they spot a woman in nice clothes walking around outside. Later she finally approached the house. She tells Mr. and Ms. White that their son died last night in the factory. Regret is seen vividly when Mr. and Ms. White receives this news. She hands them a suitcase with a thousand dollars in it and says this is for your lose. Mr. and Ms. White griefs until Ms. White comes up with a great idea. Mr. White runs and grabs the paw and wishes for their Hebert back. They look at the window and sees something arise from the graveyard. Ms. White is unable to open the door in time. Mr. White runs painfully and grabs the paw and wishes for his son to be dead in peace. This story was very

Mr. White was questioning even using the paw until Herbert stepped in and tried his best to convince his father that using the paw was the right decision. He did this by saying ¨If you only cleared the house, you'd be quite happy, wouldn't you?" - "Well, wish for two hundred pounds, then; that'll just do it.(Jacobs 2)¨ This idea made Mr. White happy so he used the wish. Herbert may have made the paw angry towards him when he convinced his dad to make the wish and that's why he ended up becoming the one who got the most affected by the result of the wish. He may not have been the one who said the actual wish but he defiantly was the one who made

     If one is making a wish then it must be a smart one or don't make one at all. Weeks after their son’s death Mrs. White thinks to use the monkeys paw. She suggests that her husband wish for their son to be alive again with their second wish. He raised his hand "I wish for my son alive again" (Jacobs 8). He made his son come back to life in the same way he was killed. To bring his son to life was a mistake because he does not know what he will be like when he's brought back. The first wish had a negative effect to getting the wish granted so it is only natural that the others will have some kind of consequence to them. To use the monkey's paw again to wish for Herbert to be alive after the talisman had killed him was the biggest mistake. Wishing their son back from the dead will probably result in he not being the same person that he once was. Making a reckless wish to try and make up for the mistake that had been caused by the first wish was a total and utter waste. If Mr. White had listened to the warning that was given to him he wouldn’t have had so much anguish.