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The monkey's paw written by W.W Jacobs is a horror short story. The theme of the story is that every action comes with a consequence.This short story is about a man Mr.White and a women Mrs.White who gets a lucky monkey's paw. They got three wishes from the paw and Mr.White's wife didn't want them to use any of the wishes. She didn't want him to because the Sergeant who gave them the paw said: "every wish you get comes with a consequence". Even though Mr.White knew he still made a wish for 200 pounds and the consequence for that wish was his son getting caught in machinery and dying.Then they both used the last 2 wishes and wished for their son back then wished him away again because something wasn't right with him.

The first time I saw the theme was the exposition. when Mr.white asked for 200 pounds which lead to his son dying. Mr.Whites exact words were "I wish for 200 pounds," said the old man clearly. After Mr white wished for his money he said "I wished for money" he said, "where is my money" he said again. When Mr.White wished for money he didn't know the consequence would be a dead son. This shows the theme because although he knew that there would be a consequence he did it because he …show more content…

The second wish they had made was by Mrs.WHite and she wished for her son to be alive again. Although she didn't know how he would come back he came back different than before. "We have two wishes left let's use it to wish him back to life" "Bring him back" "Let him in" she cried Mr.White noticed that he wasn't the same. "He grabbed the paw and frantically made his last wish and suddenly the knocking stopped." `Mr.White never wanted this to happen to anyone else so after he made te wish the threw the paw into the fire and let it burn. This also shows the theme because if they had never used the first wish for money they never would have to use the other wishes for her son to be alive than dead

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