The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

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1. Author

1.1. W.W. Jacobs

1.1.1. William Wymark Jacobs, born in Wapping (London) on September 8, 1863, died on September 1, 1943 in Hornsley Lane (Islington, London). Related books: Animal graveyard The mysterious Island The monkey's paw and other ghoulish tales

2. Summary

2.1. Chapter 1:

2.1.1. In the first chapter they begin to give context to the story example main situation: The family is in the living room, outside it was raining a lot and they were waiting for a friend named Tom Morris.

2.2. Chapter 2:

2.2.1. They further expand the main situation example for main situation: Tom Morris tells them story about the monkey paw and then gives it to them

2.3. Chapter 3:

2.3.1. Chapter 3: In this chapter the family makes their first wish but nothing happens and the father is scared

2.4. Chapter 4:

2.4.1. Chapter 4: In this chapter the family makes fun of the father

2.5. Chapter 5:

2.5.1. Chapter 5: A strange man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. White, with the news that their son Herbert had died

2.6. Chapter 6:

2.6.1. Chapter 6: They are very sorry for the loss of Herbert, but the mother thinks of asking the monkey leg for Herbert to come back, but he doesn't and the mother waits.

2.7. Chapter 7:

2.7.1. Chapter 7: The mother hopes that Herbert will arrive, noises begin to be heard but nothing happened

3. Wish + Past

3.1. Mr Morris:

3.1.1. I wish I had a lot of money and a fast car

3.2. Family:

3.2.1. I wished thirty thousand pounds I wished Herbert to came back to us

4. Moral of the Story

4.1. Sometimes such good things bring to bad consequences

5. Opinions

5.1. The book is very interesting although a little macabre and the activity seemed very good to me since when it left us out of zoom it taught us to be responsible and the next day it verified that if we had read what we had to do .