Literary Analysis "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs

Out of all stories i have read in school "The Monkey's Paw" has been one that i have actually enjoyed. This story is about the White family. The White family consists of Mr.white, Mrs.white and their son Herbert. One dark and gloomy night the Whites have one of their friends over, seagent morris who has served in india. Morris begins telling stories of india and pulls out a mummified monkeys paw that he says will grant a man 3 wishes. Seagent morris throws it into the fire so it cannot cause anymore pain. Mrs. white saves the paw but seagent morris warns them of it powers. The whites pay him no attention and once he leaves they sarcastically wish for two thousand pounds(money). The next morning their son Herbert goes off to work and later that day a man comes and tells them that Herbert had an accident at work and was shredded up by one of the machines, butsays  they would recieve two thousand pounds for his death. They cannot believe it and Mrs. White faits. Mrs.white has a hard time accepting her sons death and demands that Mr.white wishes for his son to come back to life. After being yelled at so much he finally does make that wish. When  Mr and Mrs white are sitting downstairs they hear a knock at the door. Mrs. white yells out "its herbert!" and runs to answer the door. Mr.white tells her not to answer the door because of the terrible damage Herberts body suffered in the machine accident. Before a Mrs. white can answer the door Mr.white wishes that herbert was gone and when Mrs. white opens the door there is no one there.

So be careful what you wish for...