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 (September 8, 1863 - September 1, 1943) was a British humorist, novelist, and short story writer. He is best known for one of his ghoulish tales as The Monkey's Paw, included in the storybook The Lady of the Barge (The Lady of the Barge, 1902). Most of his work, however, belongs to the humorous genre.

2. Summary

2.1. Chapter 1:

2.1.1. On a rainy night, the white family was having a very cozy time, they were calm and happy, but an unexpected visitor arrived, it was Mr. Tom Morris, an old friend of Mr. White, who was also a soldier in India, they spoke placidly , Mr. Morris telling great stories about India, making Herbert and Mr. White want to go there, which Mrs. White disagreed on.

2.2. Chapter 2:

2.2.1. Mr. Morris said that it was better if they did not go, Herbert and Mr. White did not understand why, then he told them that not everything was as beautiful as in his stories he told, since he had found an object called "Monkey's Paw", which can It looked very cool for granting 3 wishes to 3 people, but in reality it brought bad luck and unhappiness to whoever had it, he had already witnessed this, but Mr. White convinced him to give it to him so he could have 3 wishes.

2.3. Chapter 3:

2.3.1. When Mr. Morris left, Mrs. White and Herbert thought that all those stories had been a lie, especially the one about "monkey's paw", since they thought that he could not fulfill wishes, but Mr. White He defended and believed in his old friend, but even so the lady and Herbert did not believe, they told him to make a wish, but he was terrified that it could happen, but they convinced him and asked for an amount of money that they needed; Mrs. White and Herbert were getting ready to sleep, while Mr. White was terrified because the "monkey's paw" had moved, he joined, step to the floor, but Mrs. and Herbert told him to calm down, Mr. White stopped he went to sleep a little distraught. The next day, as they did not see the money, Mrs. White and Herbert continued laughing at that story, after a few moments Herbert went out to work like every day; When her son left, Mrs. White started to leave, but there was a strange and well-dressed man, who asked to be allowed in to give them important news, he came from part of the company where Herbert worked, both husbands were a Little fearful of the news they might receive, Mr. Strange told them that his son had died in an accident at the factory, but that the factory wanted to give them money to help them, and that amount was the same amount they had wanted last night.

2.4. Chapter 4:

2.4.1. Write your idea here

2.4.1.1. :When Mr. Morris left, Mrs. White and Herbert thought that all those stories had been a lie, especially the one about "monkey's paw", since they thought that he could not fulfill wishes, but Mr. White He defended and believed in his old friend, but even so the lady and Herbert did not believe, they told him to make a wish, but he was terrified that it could happen, but they convinced him and asked for an amount of money that they needed; Mrs. White and Herbert were getting ready to sleep, while Mr. White was terrified because the "monkey's paw" had moved, he joined, step to the floor, but Mrs. and Herbert told him to calm down, Mr. White stopped he went to sleep a little distraught. The next day, as they did not see the money, Mrs. White and Herbert continued laughing at that story, after a few moments Herbert went out to work like every day; When her son left, Mrs. White started to leave, but there was a strange and well-dressed man, who asked to be allowed in to give them important news, he came from part of the company where Herbert worked, both husbands were a Little fearful of the news they might receive, Mr. Strange told them that his son had died in an accident at the factory, but that the factory wanted to give them money to help them, and that amount was the same amount they had wanted last night.

2.5. Chapter 5:

2.5.1. Write your idea here

2.5.1.1. When Mr. Morris left, Mrs. White and Herbert thought that all those stories had been a lie, especially the one about "monkey's paw", since they thought that he could not fulfill wishes, but Mr. White He defended and believed in his old friend, but even so the lady and Herbert did not believe, they told him to make a wish, but he was terrified that it could happen, but they convinced him and asked for an amount of money that they needed; Mrs. White and Herbert were getting ready to sleep, while Mr. White was terrified because the "monkey's paw" had moved, he joined, step to the floor, but Mrs. and Herbert told him to calm down, Mr. White stopped he went to sleep a little distraught. The next day, as they did not see the money, Mrs. White and Herbert continued laughing at that story, after a few moments Herbert went out to work like every day; When her son left, Mrs. White started to leave, but there was a strange and well-dressed man, who asked to be allowed in to give them important news, he came from part of the company where Herbert worked, both husbands were a Little fearful of the news they might receive, Mr. Strange told them that his son had died in an accident at the factory, but that the factory wanted to give them money to help them, and that amount was the same amount they had wanted last night.

2.6. Chapter 6:

2.6.1. When Herbert died, the couple no longer had anything to talk about, the days passed very slowly, since without him there was almost nothing to talk about. Mrs. White remembered that they still had two wishes to ask for, and since they had not been allowed to see her son's body, since it had been crushed by the machinery, she told her husband to ask to see Herbert again, but the Mr. Whitele said no, since he did not want any more misfortunes

2.7. Chapter 7:

2.7.1. Mr. White thirsty to his wife's wish and asked to see his son again, but then he regretted ... Nothing happened at that time, so they went to sleep, but then they began to knock on the door, the Mrs. White immediately thought it was Herbert and ran, Mr. White was a little scared and told his wife not to go, but she kept going. Mr. White looked for the Monkey's Paw to make his last wish, and when they both reached the door there was nothing left, and all was calm

3. Wish + Past

3.1. Mr Morris:

3.1.1. He wished he had a car and a lot of money

3.2. Family:

3.2.1. They asked for the money they needed, to see Herbert again and for everything to be normal again.

4. Moral of the Story

4.1. You have to let everything happen, not alter it, let it go its way and accept the things that happen to us with pleasure.

5. Opinions

5.1. It was a good book, I thought it was a story that makes you think that you shouldn't want more than you have. The way it was worked, I also liked it, since it was not the whole book of having read it, if not that it was little by little.