The Monkeys Paw

Have you ever been the person that wanted to get three wishes then wanted one million dollars? Well in the short story "The Monkeys Paw" Mr. White gets that chance and tries to make other people feel good but then he second guesses himself, and the monkeys paw represents life and death.

To start with there was a man named Mr. White. He got the monkeys paw and had a chance to make 3 wishes. When he got to the second wish his wife said that he should wish for their son. So the man pleased his wife and wished for her sin thinking the wish wouldn’t come true. In a couple minutes they hear a knocking on the door. The man is surprised and second guesses himself scrambles for the monkeys pay and wishes his son gone and the knocking was gone. So this means that Mr. White is a person that second guesses himself after he tries to make somebody feel good.

Secondly the monkeys paw symbolizes life and death. It symbolizes both because first when Mr. White wished for his on it came true and his son was reborn which symbolizes life. The death part is when Mr. White wished that his son was gone and they assume that their son was gone because the knocking stopped so that symbolizes death.

Mr. White uses his powers to please other people but then second guesses himself and the monkeys pay symbolized life and death. In the story the monkeys paw it is obviously an unrealistic story because you can’t just make money appear and bring people back to life.