monkey's paw definition of summary oct 31
TRANSCRIPT
A family friend brings an evil monkey’s paw to the home.
The friend and the parents are scared of the monkey’s paw, but the son is curious. The father makes a wish for $200. The son leaves for his job at the factory.
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The next morning, a man from the factory brings the news of the son’s horrible
death, plus $200 dollars for their loss.
TheThe son is buried near a cemetery near the family home. The mother wants to see her dead son again..
The mother asks her husband to make the second wish to bring her son back.
The father is scared, but he takes the monkey’s paw and wishes for the dead son to come back.
The dead son’s ghost knocks on the door. The frightened father makes the third wish for the ghost to go away.
SUMMARY
WHAT is the lesson of the story?
o WHO is in the story (characters)
o WHERE does the story take place (setting)
o WHAT is the problem?
o WHAT is the solution?
o Mr. WhiteoMrs. WhiteoThe sonoThe friendoThe monkey’s paw
CHARACTERS
o The home of Mr. and Mrs. White
SETTING
PROBLEM
SOLUTION?
The Third Wish
STORY LESSON?
SUMMARY
The family had three wishes on an evil monkey’s paw. They wished for $200 but the evil money
came from their son’s horrible death at the factory. The mother used the second wish to wish
her dead son to come back from the cemetery. The son’s ghost knocked at the door, and the father
was so afraid, he used the third wish to make the son’s ghost go away.