What Are The Similarities Between The Third Wish And The Monkey's Paw

Be Careful Of What You Wish For Do you believe in fate or free will? “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken and “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs,both show fate and free will. Both stories have many differences and similarities. They both have a similar theme about the whole story with bad wishes with bad consequences,but the mood of the two stories are very different from one another “The Monkey’s Paw” shows a spooked,scary mood while “The Third Wish” shows a calm,peaceful mood throughout the story. The mood in “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” is different. “The Monkey’s Paw” mood of the whole story is that the story describes scary,spooked,and upsetting. In the story it says,”He heard the chair drawn back and the door opened slightly. A cold wind rushed up the staircase,and a long bud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down by her side,and then gate opened.” Page 99. Another example from the story is in the story it said,”He was caught in the

“The Monkey’s Paw” theme is be careful for what you wish for, in the story it says,”I wish for two hundred pounds,” said the old man distinctly.” Page 91. Another example from the story is,”He sat staring blankly out a window,and taking his wife’s hand between his own, pressed it as he had been wanting to do in their old courting days nearly forty years before.” Page 93. The first example from “The Monkey's Paw” shows what Mr.White asked for, while the second example shows the consequence of what happened from what he wished for. As well as,in “The Third Wish” the theme is also be careful of what you wish for,in the story it says,”I wish I had a wife as beautiful as the forest.” Page 103. Another example from the story is,”This is my sister,” she answered.”I can't bear being separated from her.” Page 104. This example shows that he just wished for a wife without knowing the main reasons of what will happen