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We are introduced to the characters: Mr. White, Mrs.White, Hebert White, and Sergeant Major Morris. They are in a house in the middle of nowhere. Sergeant Major Morris comes to visit. He has a tall, burly man with beady eyes. Mr. White and Herbert are playing chess while Mrs. White is knitting. The mood is very calm and consistent until Sergeant Major Morris tells the story about the monkey’s paw.

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Sergeant Major Morris almost threw the monkey's paw into the fire but Mr. White stopped him because he wanted his 4 wishes. " If you don't want it Morris, then give it to me." (Jacobs 4). Mr. White first wished for 200 pounds and he got it the next day after their son died in machinery. Then Mrs.White is going crazy and makes Mr.White wish their son back. "WISH!' she cried in a strong voice." (Jacobs 12)

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There is a mysterious knock at the door and Mrs.White runs down to open it, thinking it's Herbert. Mr.White tries to stop her because she wouldn't have recognized him. Mr.White could only recognize him by the clothes he was wearing. " ...horrible fear that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son back before him..." (Jacobs 12). Then the knock at the door. " A loud knock resounded through the house." (Jacobs 13).

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Mrs.White is driving Mr.White insane because he is trying to stop her from opening the door as said on page 13; "Let me go. I'm coming, Herbert; I'm coming." She thinks that Mr.White is afraid of her own son but he doesn't want her to see what he is because he was mangled in the machine. Mr. White was referring Herbert as an "it". "For Gods sake, don't let it in..." (Jacobs 13). As Mrs.White tries to open the door, Mr.White wishes that his son would go back.

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After Mr.White wishes his son back and all is quiet in the streets and there is no one at the door. His wife is really sad because she wants to see her son. The mood at the end is very dark and cold. Mrs. White was going out of her mind because she wanted to see her son and now because of her husbands last wish, she won’t ever see him again.

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If you ever spill salt, then you take some and throw it over your right shoulder into the face of the devil who lurks there. It is said that Judas Iscariot spilled some salt and it associated with lies and bad stuff. We basically do it to protect ourselves in the kitchen.