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Being Kidnapped seems like a situation that would be terrible to be in. For one kid, it was the best few days of his life and he did not want to leave. “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry, is a fictional short story. Bill and Sam are the two main characters in the story. With much work they plan to pull off a fraudulent town-lot scheme in Western Illinois. To do this they need two thousand dollars. These two men decide to kidnap Ebenezer Dorset’s child and offer a ransom. Bill and Sam take the…

In the Monkey’s paw, Jacobs uses foreshadowing in a subtler manner. A critical example of foreshadowing is the use of the number three. Jacobs also employs foreshadowing by mentioning the previous owner of the monkey’s paw, and how their third wish was for death. This signals to the reader that the monkey’s paw is truly dangerous and should not be taken…

The most successful out of the three versions of building up suspense in the Monkey’s Paw is the short story by W.W. Jacob. In other words, the short story captures the most vulnerable moments of life in story and then all of a sudden the mood changes into phycological. One piece of textual evidence is showing the mother is in relief, then is not “Thank God for that! Thank---”(Jacobs 5). This shows how her mood turns from hopeful to paralyzed. Mrs. White had wanted a feeling of happiness and it…

The Monkey's Paw The story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacob takes place in a small house in the middle of nowhere. When the White family had a friend over from the war they find out about the monkey’s paw. One lesson the story has is wanting things you can’t have can have consequences. The monkey's paw has magical powers that give three men three wishes. “The first man had his three wishes… I don’t know what the first two were, but the third one was for death.” said the friend.…

All I know is that they used one wish right away. That wish was wasted on something stupid. Before Sinister could give a warning about wishing, somebody decided to bud in. “I wish for a lifetime supply of banana bread!” James cheered excitedly. This angered Dee. She knew it was a stupid wish, and she knew there would be consequences. “James! Are you stupid?! You just wasted a wish!” She continued to yell, and James didn’t know why, “There are consequences…

want to live a little while longer so they can find themselves which was another theme in both works. The themes in both stories go hand in hand to teach us a lesson on living life. More than likely when we reach death we will have remorse, things we wish we had time to change, but we will realize that our clock has almost stopped and that we must race time to correct as many of those things we can ensure a death where we are at piece with not only ourselves but our maker as…

solemnly. “If you don’t want it, Morris,” said the other, “give it to me.” (Jacobs 27) “I wish for two hundred pounds,” said the old man distinctly. A fine crash from the piano greeted the words, interrupted by a shuddering cry from the old man. His wife and son ran toward him. “It moved,” he cried, with a glance of disgust at the object as it lay on the floor. (Jacobs 28) It shows conflict because after he uses his wish the paw moves on the floor. Making him scared and terrified. These examples…

books The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs and The Third Wish by Joan Aiken. Although this is the overall lesson from the two stories, they have many differences. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast The Third Wish and The Monkey’s Paw. We will be comparing and contrast what the characters are wishing for and why, the third wish and the consequences, and the lesson or mood of the story. In the story The Monkey’s Paw, the White’s first wish is for 200 hundred pounds. The White’s…

monkey’s paw a monkey’s paw is used to grant wishes while in The Third Wish leaves were used. Mr.White received the monkey’s paw from an Army General and Mr.Peters received the leaves when he saved the king of the forest. The Monkey’s Paw was used three times while only two wishes were used in The Third Wish. The first wish of Mr.White (The man who used the monkey’s paw) was for 200 pounds. In The Third Wish Mr.Peter’s first wish was for a wife as beautiful as the forest. Mr.White received the…

At certain points of life sometimes people see things differently, like a lense fogging up reality causing them to do terrible things. In these stories the characters all have a extremely distorted sense of reality. But the character with the most distorted sense of reality is the narrator in the black cat because he is a killer of not only his cat, of his own wife that only tried to stop him from doing a terrible deed he also continues to defend himself saying he’s not mad throughout the…