Comparing Monkey's Paw 'And The Third Wish'

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Gemini Ma

Mr. Shawn

Lit 1

November.18th, 2015

For Man is Man and Master of His Fate

Most of people look for a miracle. They hope that they can meet God or find a wish-making tree to get three wishes. Just like one of the Japanese anime called “Fate Zero”，many people fought for the grail which could make their wishes come true. That’s because people all have desire. What would you do if you have three wishes? Would you wish for money, fame or power? Different people will make different choices, and it will bring them different fates. But we should always remember a word written by Lord Alfred Tennyson: “For man is man and master of his fate.” There are two stories about three wishes, “Monkey's Paw” written by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” written by Joan Aiken. There are many similarities between these stories. However, they have different motives.

According to the story, the "Monkey's Paw", the protagonists, Mr. White and Mr. Peters both got three wishes coincidentally. "Mr. White received a magic monkey's paw which can give people three wishes from a soldier and Mr. Peters saved the king of the forest, and the king gave him the chance to realize three wishes." However, the king and Mr. White’s friend warned them that it …show more content…

Peters and Mr. White had different personalities. So they make different choices when they were in the same situation. In “Monkey's Paw”, the Whites had not got much money, but they were a very happy little family. Mr. White and his wife had a son who was young and laughed a lot. They loved him so much. To make this poor family get rid of poverty, Mr. White wished for two hundred pounds through using the monkey's paw. Unfortunately, they got the money at the expense of the death of his son. He was abandoning happiness by all means. He lost the most important thing in his life—his son. Although he tried to use the second wish to save his son, his life even became worse. Three wishes only brought bad luck to

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