An Analysis Of Herbert's Paw

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What if genies were real? what if we had something that could give us 3 wishes of anything we wanted in the world? Everything too good to be true always comes with a price. In the story I am going to writing about a paw that is able to grant 3 wishes to whom ever gets ahold of it. The paw I am going to be writing about was giving to the White family by a family friend, Sergeant Morris. Could making a life changing wish end the life of a loved one? I have reasons to believe that Mr. White and Herbert is responsible for Herbert’s death. On page (36) Mr. White stated “He didn’t want it, but I made him take it. And he pressed me again to throw it away”, even after Sergeant warned Mr. White and even told him to throw it away, he kept the paw anyways.

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