Be careful with what you wish for

The Monkey's Paw is a pleasant short story written by W.W Jacobs. This short story is about a family that invites a friend over. This friend called Major Major talks about how wonderfull India and Egypt are. He shows every one a monkey paw. Major Major explains that this paw was magical and very special. He said that the paw could grant you 3 wishes. But, when you wished there would be high prices that you must pay. Mr. White examined the paw and he wished for 200 pounds. After he wished that, he said that the paw twisted his wrist and he dropped the paw. Nothing really happended that night, so everyone lost  some hopes about the paw. The next day a man came to  Mr. White's house to tell them about  a disturbing news. Mr and Mrs White son died while working in the machinery. The man that came gave them 200 pounds as a compensation. Full of sadness Mrs White screams and faints. After some days, Mrs White wakes up with a idea. She wanted to use the two remaining wishes that the paw had to bring her son back to life. At first Mr white didnt want to do this but her wife insisted desperately so he agreed and wished for his son again. After a minute or two both heard hard knocks on the door. Mrs White was thrillled and happy to see his son again. While Mrs White whent to open the door Mr White wished that his son disapeared before Mrs White could open the door. When Mrs White opened the door she saw nothing but an empty road.

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnum villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess; the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical chances,putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire."

In here the author describes a placid and cozy night . He describres very good how every one is enjoying it. And the author describes how beautiful the night is.

"He sat alone in the darkness, gazing at the dying fire, and seeing faces in it. The last was so horrible and so simian that he gazed at it in amazement. It got so vivid that, with a little uneasy laugh, he felt on the table for a glass containing a little water to throw over it. His hand grasped the monkey's paw, and with a little shiver he wiped his hand on his coat and went up to bed."


In this fragment the author describres how uneasy and bad Mr White feels. But then he realizes that he is thinking of nonsense so he laughs and goes to sleep. 

“Thats the worst part of living so far out,” balled Mr.white with sudden and
unlooked-for  violence; “Of all the beastly, slushy, out of the way
places to live in, this is the worst.

 This quote reveals that Mr.White is a person that likes to be near others
and he doesn't like to live so far away because he likes to socialize a lot.

“And what is there special about it?” inquired Mr. White  as he took it from
his so, and having examined it, place it upon the table.

This shows us that Mr White is a very inquisitive and curioues man.

“I wish for two hundred pounds,” said the dol man distinctly.

This quote shows us that Mr White is a it greedy and he wants this big amount of money to pa things he can't. 

“Come back,” he said tenderly. “ You will be cold,”

 This reveals that Mr White is very caring and loves his wife. Mr White affects positively on his wife because he takes care of her. 

I really enjoyed reading this short story. It is a bit scary though but it was very intersting. The theme of the story is not so clear but i think it is to teach that some times  humans think they need external or magical forces to achieve what we wish.  

  

The vultures eye

The Tale tell heart, is a short story written by Edgar Alan Poe. This short story is about a man that goes crazy just because the eye of an old man disturbed him. Every night the protagoist would go to the old man's house to kill him or take his eye so it wouldn't bother the protagonist ever again. One night the old man got awake and the protagonist killed him by putting the bed covers in his face very tightly so he wouldnt breathe. Finnaly he killed the old man and felt satisfied for some moments. Then the protagonist hid the body so no one could find it. After that the police came becuase people were concerned about the screams of the old man. The protagonist lied and said that he came in to see what happended. The policeman believed him and started asking some questions. While the policeman talked to the protagonist, he described to the reader that he started hearing some noises, like the beating heart of the old man. He said that the more he talked with the policemen , the louder the beating sounded. When the protagonist said that the sound was unsufferable, he conffesed everything.

The author has a good use of imagery. He paints a perfect picture of what he is describing in your mind.

"Its true!Yes, I have been ill, very ill. But why do you say that i have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad? Can you not see that i have full control of my mind?Is it not clear that i am not mad? Indeed, the illness only made my mind, my feelings, my senses stronger , more powerful. I could hear sounds i have never heard before. I hear sounds from heaven; and i heard sounds from hell!Listen! Listen, and I will tell you how it happened. You will see, you will hear how healthy my mind is."

He uses imagery to describe how crazy the protagonist was becoming. The protagonist in here tries to convince you to think that he is not crazy but, he is .

 "He had never hurt me. I did not want his money. I think it was his eye. His eye was like the eye of a vulture, the eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait while an animal dies, and then fall upon the dead body and pull it to pieces to eat it. When the old man looked at me with his vulture eye a cold feeling went up and down my back; even my blood became cold. And so, I finally decided I had to kill the old man and close that eye forever!"

  Also he describes very good the eye of the old man and how much the protagonist hated it .He describes it as a vultures eye.

"My head hurt and there was a strange sound in my ears. I talked more, and faster. The sound became clearer. And still they sat and talked.Suddenly I knew that the sound was not in my ears, it was not just inside my head. At that moment I must have become quite white. I talked still faster and louder. And the sound, too, became louder. It was a quick, low, soft sound, like the sound of a clock heard through a wall, a sound I knew well. Louder it became, and louder. Why did the men not go? Louder, louder. I stood up and walked quickly around the room. I pushed my chair across the floor to make more noise, to cover that terrible sound. I talked even louder. And still the men sat and talked, and smiled. Was it possible that they could not hear?? "
 
 The author describes the thumping sounds acurately. The protagonists says that the sounds grew louder and louder.


 "When the old man looked at me with his vulture eye a cold feeling went up and down my back. Because, I finally decided I had to kill another man!"

This shows that the protagonist has a serious mental problem and he is very mad. The protagonist has something against the eye of the poor old man's eye.

 “Yes! Yes, I killed him.”

 This shows that the protagonist is capable of doing anything to get what he wants.  But when he finnaly gets what he wants, he realizes the concecuenses .

"The old man was dead"

The protagonist madness affects negatively on the old man. The madness that he has makes him kill the old man only so he wouldn't see his eye ever again

“The old man gave a loud cry of fear as I fell upon him and held the bed covers tightly over his head….

The old man was dead.”

This quote reveals that, the protagonist is very crazy.The protagonist can’t bear seeing the eye of the old man

In my opinion this short story was very interesting. The theme in this story is very good and true. No one likes and can bear the burden or the weight of the guilt . Specially no one can resist the weight of guilt of murder. The guilt and all of your conscience will bother you.