Be Careful What You Wish For “Fate ruled people’s lives and that those who interfered with it did so with their sorrow”. In the short story, “the monkey’s paw” written by W.W. Jacobs, Mr. White’s choices changes his life forever. A cursed monkey paw comes into the curious White family. Mr. White can choose 3 wishes but he will regret tampering with fate. Mr. White is allowed 3 wishes. Greed causes the first, sorrow causes the next and worry causes the last. Mr. White’s decision to tamper with fate
has three wishes, but there is a catch. Every wish is taken literally. This spells tragedy for the family. The first wish the family made was for £2,000. The wife was wary of the situation. She had a feeling that something horrid was to happen. An officer knocked on their door. He said, “Your son was caught in the meat grinder. We are woeful of your loss.” He handed the husband £2,000 for compensation. The wife was distraught. She said, “I told you so”. He placated her. He was not worried. He knew
There are many themes in the story but the most distinguish ones are being greedy can lead to your destruction and to watch what you wish for because it might just happen. The first moral that being greedy can lead to destruction is clearly shown with the Summoner’s greediness for money. The Chaucer writes “I’ll carry off your frying-pan for debt, the new one, owed since the day you cuckolded your husband”(320). The Summoner knowing that he will not get any money from the widow tried to get the widow’s
training you have your cardio which every athlete knows is important to have good stamina for an athlete. Like for me I am pitcher I have to have a lot of stamina to go a long distance in a game and keep the same velocity in my fastball because I don't want it to decrease through out the game. Then you have the weightlifting part of it and that is a big part of being in shape and staying strong, then also fit, you have to be in tip top shape to be able to play sports in my opinion. You got be able
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR A suspenseful and horrific piece of literature, “The Monkey Paw” is written by W.W Jacobs. A quaint family of three receives an unusual monkey paw that is capable of making any three wishes come true. Despite the caveat of a curse attached to the paw, the family chooses to make a wish, evoking from the story a suspenseful attitude as the reader becomes wrapped up in finding out the Smiths’ fated ends. With the combination of W.W Jacobs’ settings, characters, and foreshadowing
drop hints or clues about what will happen later, thereby helping to build suspense and prepare readers for the outcome. Examples of Foreshadowing: 1. p. 143 - When Mr. White and Herbert are playing a game of chess, Mr. White puts his king into “sharp and unnecessary perils” and makes a “fatal mistake.” His reckless moves in the chess game foreshadow how Mr. White puts his family into a risky situation by buying the potentially destructive talisman and then makes a wish that causes a fatal mistake
“The Monkey's Paw" is a superior work of horror fiction because, first and foremost, it is a flawlessly crafted short story. A deceptively simple tale, it reveals on close inspection Jacobs' meticulous attention to narrative structure and careful handling of foreshadowing, symbolism, and other narrative elements that contribute to its eerie effect. The story is divided into three parts, a number that Jacobs treats with significance: the monkey's paw grants three wishes, the White family is the
Mr. Griffin gets kill. Susan is a good student at school and who wish to spend the rest of her life close to natural. She is a loner and mostly stays home with her nose in the books. Susan is working hard at her study,“ For one thing, she was a straight-A student and people had question to ask her about homework.”(p11). Susan always focus on her study so she is always getting a good mark in her class. More over she has a wish that some day she will moves out and live in a cabin by the lake. Susan
in the movie Hitch is miscommunication and misunderstanding. The interpersonal conflict in the movie Hitch is the same in life. There are times when things are said that are taken out of context and you wish that you could take them back. After watching this movie, I learned to be careful of what is said and how it is said to avoid escalating matters in a relationship. There is one interpersonal conflict between Hitch and Sara that had in this movie. When the two characters in the movie where
grievances.” Relevant Supreme Court cases also apply this restriction to states, including the State University of New York. At the same time, many a mother has told her child that, “sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you.” Yet study after study, and plain experience, show that often not to be the case. While name calling and taunting have plagued playgrounds since time immemorial, the advent of the Internet has made it significantly easier to stalk, taunt, expose
knows you and loves you just the same.” This powerful quote by Elbert Hubbard underscores the true meaning of friendship. According to the quote, it’s important to have friends who will always be there when you need them. Having friends is an important part of our life. Anyone who has spent time with friends will notice that each has a special personality. The best friend is someone who is always with you, encourages, and listens to you when you have any kind of problems. Also, you can trust
rowing, coming in a “bunched clamor / Of strokes” (14-15). Additionally, the second line of each stanza is longer than the first and third. Visually, this suggests the rise and fall of the ocean and reinforces the nautical references and the father’s wish for her “lucky passage” (9). The word “lucky” is an interesting choice; it seems trite, as though the father does not yet fully empathize
cases of untreatable diseases or illnesses, in uncontrollable pain, or who simply do not wish to continue on in this life as a dependent, should have the option to end their life with dignity, on their own terms. With the advancement of technology and medicine, we have been able
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel, written in 1949, about what Orwell thought the year 1984 was going to be like. In Orwell’s dystopian novel, a main topic throughout was the effect of technology. In 1984, technology was detrimental to the Party members by taking freedom, ensuring Big Brother’s control and having Party member’s live in fear. Technology is detrimental to the Party members because they are able to be watched and observed, which takes away their freedoms. When Julia and
Image Credit: Maria M., Halton City, TX Concussions are one of the worst bodily injuries you can sustain. They make you feel woozy, they make you want to lay down and sleep for a few days. You start to forget very simple things. Things such as where you live or the car you drive. I have had three concussions in my lifetime, two while playing football I understand what it is like and why the NFL should be taking extra precautions so people can avoid suffering a concussion. Concussions are sort
Assignment 1 Advance Directive The ethical basis is as a patient you know how you would like to die. You choose the things you would like to be done that you think is ethical in your moral values. You can go into the procedure with a little peace of mind because you know that you have a “living will“ documented to let everyone involved know what to do if you are not able to speak for yourself . That’s when your ethic committee, individuals who are involved in the patients
to assure the survival and success of liberty,” he all but defines Americas wish for liberty. By stating these words, he inspires his listeners to join in America’s determination in helping humankind achieve unity and liberty. Kennedy then shifts to insisting that powerful nations should join forces for the bettering of the world. He supports this by using parallelism in the words, “Let both sides explore what problems unite us…”, “Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and
from the keyboard The program be looked at in the previous session was fine to use when working within the C++ IDE (Integrated Development Environment). But what if we wanted to give the program to somebody else without the C compiler, so that they could change the years values in the program without having to change the original source code? You need some way of letting the person (or user) get data into the program - the obvious choice being the keyboard. The scanf function will wait for the user
Explore how themes of repression and conformity are introduced in act 1 of the crucible. In the crucible the themes of repression and conformity are very apparent. Their puritanical society and constant fear of attack from the Native Americans makes the society very strict. Due to the society being a theocracy, they are given no choice as to who shall rule. Many, including Proctor do not support Parris in his leadership, “we vote by name in this society, not by acerage. This limits the people
Rather than taking an entirely neutral person, who exists outside of the plot, or by placing you very firmly inside the main character as a first person perspective, she chooses to make the main character the narrator, however he is looking back over his experience, so he alone knows what will happen at the end, but he also expresses the feelings of the main character perfectly, because that is who he is. For example “It would be easy to