In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” a man named Mr. White makes a decision that changes the whole story. The short story “The Monkey’s Paw” is about a monkey’s paw that grants three wishes, but at a deadly cost. This magical paw is given to Mr. White from one of his friends and he was told not to use. The decision he makes to ignore a warning from his longtime family friend, reveals his true character.

The first way that Mr. White changes the outcome of the story is when he ignores a warning from a close friend. He is told by Sergeant-Major Morris that the monkey’s paw is dangerous and it has dangerous consequences. Mr. White learns this in paragraph 44 of “The Monkey’s Paw” when Sergeant-Major Morris says, “Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud, but I warn you of the consequences.” Later in the story Mr. White does not listen to Morris’s warning and he experiences really bad consequences.

The next way that Mr. White changes the outcome of the story is when he does the opposite of what Morris tells him to do with the monkey’s paw. Instead, he deliberately grants himself a wish right after he was told that he should never use it. He does this in paragraph 56 of “The Monkey’s Paw” when he says,  “I wish for two hundred pounds.” This wish will soon get him two hundred pounds, but not in the way he was expecting to receive it.

Finally, Mr. White changes the story completely when he gets his consequences for wishing for money. The consequence appears when a man that works with his son comes to his house and tells him that his son is “Badly hurt but, he is not in any pain.” He finally realizes the painful consequence that Hilbert’s death is the result of using the monkey’s paw in paragraph 92 when the man says, “They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son’s services they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation.” The compensation ended up being two hundred pounds, which is the exact amount that Mr. White wished for. 

Mr. White proved to be greedy when he ignored the warning from Sergeant-Major Morris. He completely changed the course of the story by selfishly wishing for two hundred pounds.  When the money arrives from his son’s co-worker for compensation from his Hilbert’s death is the moment when Mr. White truly had changed the course of the story. Hilbert’s death was the direct consequence given to him by the monkey’s paw, he should have obeyed the warning.

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So far this year I have done most of the Student Blogging Challenges, but now there are no more challenges for me to do. Because of this I will not have as much stuff to do to stay active on my blog. However, I have a few ideas on what I can do. I am going to comment on my friends post and some other people’s posts and maybe even start a conversation with them. I think that is a fun way to stay active on my blog without doing any challenges. Also, if I wanted to I could post blogs about what is going on in my life, whether it has to do do with sports, school, or even what is just going on at my house. Those are two ideas for me to stay active on my blog.

My family and I celebrate Holidays like Thanks Giving, St. Patrick’s Day, and all the holidays a little, but the main holiday that my family celebrates is Christmas. We start celebrating Christmas right after thanks Giving by buying a huge Christmas tree. Then we set up the tree and we wait a few days for the branches to spread out from the tree after being compressed by the netting. While the branches are spreading, we decorate the whole house with a ton of decorations. When I say “we” I mostly mean my mom. After the branches are fully spread, we fill the tree with all kinds of colorful and bright lights and ornaments. Some of the ornaments were made by me and my siblings in kindergarten and first grade. It is always very fun to look at those ornaments and try to remember making them, or just try to understand what they are. Also, there are glass ornaments that my mom and dad have from when they were kids and at least one of them seem to shatter every year and it makes my parents very sad. Later on Christmas Eve, my parents have a party where all my relatives come over and then we do a Yankee swap. Later my relatives leave and my parents friends come over and I am friends with their kids, so we have a fun time. After the Christmas Eve party, it is Christmas, so my whole family, including my dog go to the living room to open up some presents. Later my family might go to a friend or family’s Christmas party, but other than that, that is it for Christmas until next year.

Born in St. Louis Missouri on October 18, 1926, Chuck Berry was one of the greatest rock and roll artists of all time. Chuck berry’s first public performance was at Summer High School when he was only a teenager. By early 1953, Berry was influenced by T-Bone Walker’s guitar riffs and showmanship techniques. About two years later, Berry started performing with the Johnie Johnson Trio. However, his break came when he traveled to Chicago and Met Muddy Waters. After that, Chuck Berry became famous. He produced the songs “Come on,” “Maybellene,” and “Run Rudolph Run.” He used his guitar and his voice in all of his songs. Most of Berry’s songs were based of of teen life and consumerism, so his audience consisted of mostly teens. However, he did perform “My Ding-Ling” to a White House concert. Chuck Berry’s music ended up bringing black and white people together. He also ended up being one of the first to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That is the story of Chuck Berry.

Here is “Run Rudolph Run” by Chuck Berry.

I made an emoji of an evil penguin because penguins

are my favorite animal and it is almost Halloween.

Hello everybody. Welcome to my blog. This is my first post out of hopefully many. I will post a lot of blogs over the course of my 7th-grade year. I hope you enjoy my blog.