"The Monkeys Paw" essay

      Not many people get the chance to make three wishes. Many people would just blurt out any random answer and some people would think about it. Well in W.W Jacobs' "The Monkeys Paw", he teaches his readers that they should always be careful what they wish for. To convey this message, he uses foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when an author forewarns of something that will happen later in the story.

       The story "The Monkeys Paw" has several examples of foreshadowing. One example is when Sergeant Major Morris tells the family about the last man who used the monkeys paw to make a wish. Jacobs says "The first man had his wishes, yes, I don't know what the first two were but the third was for death"(Pg.48). The man's first two wishes must have been so terrible and had such bad consequences that the man could no longer live. This is foreshadowing that when someone in the White family makes a wish, their wish will have bad consequences. This relates to the authors theme because the man who made the wishes must have not though about the consequences that would come with them.

    Another example is when Sergeant Major Morris tries to throw the monkeys paw into the fire, but Mr. White stops him. Jacobs says "Better let it burn" "If you don't want it Morris, give it to me" (Pg. 49). This is hinting that Mr. White does want to make a wish with the monkeys paw. If he did not want to make a wish, he would have just let the paw burn in the fire. If Mr. White wishes, he and his family will have bad consequences. This relates to the theme because Mr. White did not think before saving the monkeys paw.

      One more example of foreshadowing is when Herbert, the Whites' son, says he does not see the 200 pounds that his father just wished for. Jacobs says "Well I don't see the money"(Pg. 49). This is foreshadowing that the son will eventually see the money in some way. As you read further in the story, you realize that he is foreshadowing his own death. This relates to the theme of the story because Herbert does not think about how he could see the money. He does not realize that seeing the money will result in his own death.

   The author, W.W Jacobs, is trying to convey his message that you should be careful what you wish for. Sometimes you wish for something before thinking about it, especially when you are mad. Sometimes you should just let fate decide someone's future. In "The Monkeys Paw", Mr. White did not want anything bad to happen to his family when he made his wishes, but he was warned by Sergeant Major Morris not to make any wishes. My making the wish, Mr. White messed with fate and the consequences of this one wish completely changed his and his family's life.  And that is the theme of "The Monkeys Paw".

My Hero!!!

   As most people know, I love animals. I hate peopole who abuse animals. So my heroes are those awesome people who work hard every day to save animals suffering from animal cruelty. These people include vetenarians, animal cops, and animal activists.

   Each day, animals are abused by their owners for no reason. Many animals form anger problems from their abuse and usually get put down or killed by their owner. Some people neglect their pets and do not feed them or care for them. Most of those animals become malnourished and eventually have to be put down or die on their own. The people that fight animal cruelty realy do inspire me. I have wanted to work with animals my whole life. Being an amimal cop is a dangerous job because you have to deal with sometimes dangerous animals and also have to deal with dangerous people. They often put their lives in danger and that is waht inspires me. This is soething i might like to do when i am older and these people have inspired me to do that.

    Fishing is another form of animal cruelty. Many dolphins are killed in Japan. These dolphins are chased in order to bring them together in shallow water. Upon reaching the shallow water, these dolphins are brutally killed and in such great numbers that the water water turns red.  Many kinds of whales are also becomming extinct because of fishing. They are becoming extinct because people have been killing them and selling their meat. It is now against the law to kill whales for food anywhere in the world, but Japan is getting around this law by claiming that they are killing whales to study them. Even though the people who fight this are voulenteers, they still are putting themselves in dangerous spots. This is why they inspire me.

   I am completely againsted animal cruelty and am inspired by people who try to fight it. When i am older i want to work with animals to stop animal cruelty. I hope to be like the people who save and protect animals every day. Each and every one of them inspire me to work harder in school so that i can go to college and have a carreer.