Question

Which question BEST helps the reader make connections and improve understanding of “The Monkey’s Paw”?

Answer 1

The question is whether the monkey’s paw actually has actual magical powers or are the events taking place in the story purely coincidental.

Explanation :

‘The Monkey’s Paw’ written by W.W. Jacobs in 1902 is a suspenseful and supernatural tale of the mystifying powers.  Sergeant Morris in the story, who brings along with him the paw when he comes to dine with the Whites, says that the things happen so naturally when the magical paw is put to use that one may attribute them to coincidence.

The events that take place in the life of Mr. and Mrs. White and their son Herbert after Mr. White makes a wish seem to be a coincidence. Nothing can prove them to be a result of the supernatural powers of the Monkey’s Paw.

This questions remains unanswered and just like the whites never knew whether the powers existed or not, they just made wishes, the reader also has no evidence to assert this with confidence. Neither is it said so by the narrator.

This helps make connections as the reader stays involved and tries to and does comprehend well. What the author seems to state is fate governs humans.