Grand Mountain Unanswered Questions by Mary Baumgardner https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs Let's Dig Deeper into Unanswered Questions en-us 2021-01-02 11:28:27 UTC 2025-09-17 07:21:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2753.png baumgardnermary2 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1048747463 2021-01-02 11:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1048747463 knighth11 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053682740 Why wasn't the monkey paw destroyed after the first failed wish?  Was the wish true or was it a coincidence?

]]> 2021-01-04 20:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053682740 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053684805 Why did the monkey paw act almost as if it could not be destroyed.]]> 2021-01-04 20:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053684805 knighth11 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053685687 He may have wished for his son to be at peace?  

]]> 2021-01-04 20:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053685687 It didn't say but I would imagine they would want to destroy it https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053690632 2021-01-04 20:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053690632 knighth11 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053691193 Does the monkey paw disappear once the last wish is granted?

]]> 2021-01-04 20:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053691193 knighth11 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053692624 I imagine the wife would suffer great grief and sadness at the loss of her son. I think the husband had learned his lesson about the wish costing him something.]]> 2021-01-04 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053692624 Who knows? I would just be speculating but I would bet there was a lot of trauma they had to get over https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053692660 2021-01-04 20:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053692660 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053695705 How would this be different if the magic item did not come from India? Is this background perpetuating the 'magic ethnicities'  stereotypes often present in white-written literature?

]]> 2021-01-04 20:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053695705 I think he wished for death or for something to happen to the son to prevent him from returning. https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053696679 2021-01-04 20:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053696679 knighth11 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053697004 If we could answer what happened to the monkey paw we may see what also happens to the couple.  If the paw was not destroyed she may go seek it out to grant her wish even if her husband disagrees.

]]> 2021-01-04 20:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053697004 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053699823 Would the son's accident have happened without the wish?

]]> 2021-01-04 20:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053699823 I think the father got rid of it at the gate. https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053701777 2021-01-04 20:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053701777 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053702569 I think he wished to nullify his second wish.

]]> 2021-01-04 20:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053702569 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053702763 For the son to be dead again, where he naturally belongs. ]]> 2021-01-04 20:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053702763 the ending might change? https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053702888 2021-01-04 20:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053702888 Unless the pattern is broken, it will find its way into another set of hands. hershbergers2 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053703379 2021-01-04 20:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053703379 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053703597 I think the monkey paw was left useless by the parents, but they kept it so no one else would have to deal with the consequences ]]> 2021-01-04 20:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053703597 I think they both learned a lesson about fate. https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053703981 2021-01-04 20:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053703981 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053704177 It may have disappeared after the third man asked for his third wish.

]]> 2021-01-04 20:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053704177 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053704860 They kept the monkey paw and tried to keep the paw hidden from anyone else. ]]> 2021-01-04 20:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053704860 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053705980 If we found out what happened to the monkey paw, we would wonder how it affected other peoples' lives. ]]> 2021-01-04 20:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053705980 If we knew what the father wished for, the story would become obvious rather than mysterious and errie. hershbergers2 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053706228 2021-01-04 20:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053706228 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053706684 They lived out their days in grief.]]> 2021-01-04 20:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053706684 https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053708944 There's a pattern of ominous things happening wherever the monkey's paw is concerned. Any new struggles would end poorly.]]> 2021-01-04 20:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053708944 Knowing its powers, why would the soldier leave the monkey paw with an elderly couple? https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053709455 2021-01-04 20:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/baumgardnermary2/u2la3lov0z1xj7hs/wish/1053709455