“The Monkey’s Paw” written by W.W. Jacobs and “The Zero Meter Diving Team” written by Jim Shepard are two short stories with many similarities and differences represented throughout. These short stories show dramatic plot twists and interesting outcomes. They use interesting elements to help engage readers. Even though they may be short stories, that have huge details listed in the text. Both short stories effectively compare and contrast disasters that happen throughout, themes, and whether they are fiction or nonfiction.
To begin, one of the obvious similarities between these two short stories is how they both involve terrible disasters that can not be undone. Disasters in both stories do differ, however. “The Monkey’s Paw” involves Mr.
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Instead of their money swiftly arriving to their residence, they learned that their son Herbert died from a machine accident at his factory job. For compensation, insurance wrote them a two hundred pound check. In the story “The Monkey’s Paw,” author W.W. Jacobs states, “She caught her breath, and turning to her slower-witted husband, laid her trembling old hand upon his. There was a long silence. "He was caught in the machinery," said the visitor at length, in a low voice. Nights like this family dread when they learn if one of their loves ones has died. It was a very unforniate night for the White family and it was certainly a family disaster that changes their day to day lives. On another spectrum, “The Zero Meter Diving Team” explains the horrific events of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant meltdown accident when reactor number four …show more content…
He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it." Wishing for items always has consequences and a catch. That's why many believe wishing is not a great activity to do because something always has the chance to backfire. In “The Zero Meter Diving Team”, the nuclear meltdown at the power plant was a prime example of how life and the world is never a fair place. Unfortunate accidents like that caused serious problems in the surrounding areas. Sheppard states, For thirty years, accidents went unreported, so the lessons derived from these accidents remained with those who’d experienced them. What is truly unfortunate and completely unfair to the world is how management and employees ignorance contributed to the biggest nuclear disasters in all of time. Imagine being removed from your house forever because of high levels of radiation and having to move far
Both stories move with small biting twists . Both stories lead up to an extremely ironic, and arguably comical, conclusion. The two stories are gut wrenchingly suspenseful at times, from escaping a serial killer deep in a foreboding jungle, to planning to fight to the death as a result of a family feud. Both stories fill the reader with anxious, gut wrenching, edge of the seat, excitement. The other similarities are the foreshadowing contents within both stories that keep the reader guessing. Other times in both stories, the suspense is thickening within the paragraphs. ex; “ Rainsford had fought his way through the bush for two hours. ‘I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve,’ he said through tight teeth.” (Most Dangerous Game)
Another reason why The Monkey's Paw explains foreshadowing with suspense or tension because in the article the author writes again "A rat," said the old man, in shaking tones—"a rat. It passed me on the stairs."
There is no doubt in the fact that The Monkey’s Paw (written by: W.W. Jacobs) and The Goldfish (written by: Etgar Keret) are very similar. What a lot of people fail see though, is that even with them being so similar, they aren’t. Each one has its own meeting and its own story to be told.
Some of the most intriguing stories of today are about people’s adventures at sea and the thrill and treachery of living through its perilous storms and disasters. Two very popular selections about the sea and its terrors are The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger and “The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Longfellow. Comparison between the two works determines that “The Wreck of the Hesperus” tells a more powerful sea-disaster story for several different reasons. The poem is more descriptive and suspenseful than The Perfect Storm, and it also plays on a very powerful tool to captivate the reader’s emotion. These key aspects combine to give the reader something tangible that allows them to relate to the story being told and affects them strongly.
Just like a genie, right? Wrong. Thesewishes come with an outstanding price. The story proves that interfering with fate can have a disastrous outcome. “The Monkey’s Paw” uses literary devices to create a story filled with both suspense and horror..
In short, there are multiple similarities and differences in the characters, plot, and resolution in the short story and motion picture “The Monkey’s Paw” that clearly influence the audience. For instance, the difference in characters affects the mood. Similarities in the plot influence the tone, and the corresponding resolutions impact the theme. The director of the motion picture “The Monkey’s Paw” chose to stick to some aspects of the text as well as change some for numerous reasons, some of which include keeping the audience's attention, sustaining the author's tone in the text, and ensuring that the readers and viewers receive the same message.
Finally, both authors do a good job of holding back and letting the stories unfold slowly. You know the conclusion in the first story and in the second you must decide the ending for yourself. The stories, therefore, showed some similar aspects as well as some major differences. The stories were very enjoyable to read.
Rich, Adrienne. “Diving into the Wreck” The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Kelly J. Mays. 11th ed. New York: Norton, 2013.1010-1012. Print.
author never really says, but one can assume that he wished he had never made
The Simpsons episode “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II” is about a magical monkey’s paw bought by the Simpsons, a modern day family that lives in a town called Springfield. The family uses the paw to grant themselves four wishes. The wishes, they soon find out, all include repercussions that harm the family in some way. The book “The Monkey’s Paw” is about a family that is given a monkey’s paw by a friend that says it can grant three wishes. The family’s home in this story is Laburnum Villa, sometime in the past. At first the family is skeptical of the friends claim that the paw is magic saying, “If the tale about the monkey’s paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us, we shan't make much out of it.”(Page 4, W.W. Jacobs). They then proceed to use the paw and are surprised to find that what they wish for is in fact granted but comes with terrible consequences. While “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror II” both share similar plots, the settings of the stories and the
Suffering from the death of a close friend, the boy tries to ignore his feelings and jokes on his sister. His friend was a mental patient who threw himself off a building. Being really young and unable to cope with this tragedy, the boy jokes to his sister about the bridge collapsing. "The mention of the suicide and of the bridge collapsing set a depressing tone for the rest of the story" (Baker 170). Arguments about Raisinettes force the father to settle it by saying, "you will both spoil your lunch." As their day continues, their arguments become more serious and present concern for the father who is trying to understand his children better. In complete agreement with Justin Oeltzes’ paper, "A Sad Story," I also feel that this dark foreshadowing of time to come is an indication of the author’s direct intention to write a sad story.
“I warn you of the consequences” - “The Monkey's Paw” (page 89) this essay will be comparing and contrasting Two stories “The Monkey's paw” by w.w. Jacobs and “The Third wish” by Joan Aiken. In “The Monkey's paw” and “The Third Wish” the mood and setting are almost completely different, If it wasn't for the theme this book wouldn't be so similar .
In the story, Mr. White wishes that he could have 200 pounds from the Monkey's Paw. In the text it states, “I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly…."He was caught in the machinery… Mr. White dropped his wife's hand, and rising to his feet, gazed with a look of horror at his visitor. His dry lips shaped the words, "How much?" "Two hundred pounds," was the answer.”(“The Monkey’s Paw”). This piece of evidence leaves the reader in suspense because the reader doesn’t know how much destruction the paw is going to cause in the future. The White family is suddenly given the 200 pounds for their son's death which is never expected. The reader doesn’t know what might happen in the future and could be even more devastating for the family. Furthermore in the “Monkey's Paw,” the reader infers Mrs. White wished for Herbert to come back from the dead but did not realize the possibilities of the outcomes. Moreover, Jacobs develops suspense by incorporating cliffhanger to the story. In the text, it states “The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The street lamp flickering
One night they receive a visit form Sargent-Major Morris who had traveled in some places of the world but recently he had come back from India and had brought with him a monkey’s paw. The monkey’s paw could make three wishes happened for everyone who made a wish. Sargent-Major Morris gave it to the White family but he told them to be careful of what they wish for. Mr. White said that he had everything he wanted but his son mad him wish for two hundred pounds to pay the house. After this wish their son died in a work accident and the company gave to the family two hundred pounds, the question was it was a coincidence or the wish was really come
Altho somewhat similar the two stories are very different in many ways. The first story is called “Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crane and the other one is “To Build a Fire” by Jack London. Both of the books are part of the short story genre and realism stories. The author's purpose for writing the “Mystery of Heroism” is to tell a story about a brave man who went to get water for a dying man. The purpose for writing “To Build a Fire” is to tell about a man and his dog and how he tried to fight the below freezing temperatures to stay alive. Both authors use realism because they want to tell real stories about people and how they had to overcome struggles in their lifetime. These two stories have similarities but they are way more different than anything else. One of the stories is about a man who has to overcome fear to get water for a man.