This question is about the short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs.
Answer and Explanation:
Sgt. Morris is a friend of the Whites who visits them one day and shows them a mummified monkey's paw. He explains that the paw is enchanted and that it has the power to grant three wishes to three different people. Sgt. Morris has already used his three wishes.
What does Sgt. Morris tell us about the previous wisher?
Besides Sgt. Morris, another man has already used his three wishes as well. However, the sergeant makes a point of revealing that the man's last wish was for his own death.
How might this foreshadow danger in the future for the Whites?
The information about the previous wisher foreshadows a tragic outcome for the Whites. Sgt. Morris is warning them about the paw. He tells them that the paw shows, in a dangerous manner, that we should not interfere with fate.
In the end, the Whites do not listen to Sgt. Morris. They use the paw and their very first wish results in the death of their son.
Answer:
John Steinbeck wrote the novel "East of Eden" in 1952.
Explanation:
The novel "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck is about two brothers who are opposites in their personality. This novel parallels the biblical story of Cain and Abel in the Garden of Eden. Just like a father's conflict for his two sons in the Bible, so also Adam is in conflict over his two sons Caleb and Aron in the novel. The novel is also an allegory of a father's favoritism of one son over the other.
In the story, Adam has two sons Aron and Caleb with his wife Cathy, though it is unknown whether he is really the father of the twins. Cathy had seduced Charles, the brother of Adam on the night of their wedding and had gotten pregnant soon after. Then she abandoned her family to live her life as a prostitute and eventually a madame of a brothel.
The two sons have contrasting personalities. Aron is virtuous and dutiful while Caleb is wild and rebellious. They are the parallels of the two sons of Adam in the Bible- Cain and Abel. Caleb tried to make his father proud of him by making lots of money that Adam had lost in his business plan. But instead of appreciating it, Adam rebuked him saying that he only wished he (Caleb) has the same zeal and sincerity that his brother Aron has. In his anger, he took his brother to his mother's place ans showed him her real identity. Filled with shock and shame of his mother, Aron joined the military and died in the war. Caleb got into a relationship with his brother's idealized girlfriend and asked her to run away with him. she refused and instead urged him to return home. On his return, Adam forgives Caleb, as requested by Lee, their family cook. The story ends with a dying Adam forgiving Caleb, giving him the freedom to chose to either break the cycle or conquer sin.
Answer:
c
Explanation:
Most flash fiction stories focus on conflict and a lesson in this case the lesson would be struggling to accept her actions, In the end she will learn how to Accept her actions. .
You did not provide the excerpt, but Thomas Paine was famous for using logos and pathos often. Logos is when he supports his claims with empirical evidence, while pathos is when he supports his claims by appealing to your emotions and explains why you should fight.
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