The mood for “The Monkey’s Paw,” written by W. W. Jacobs, is strange. The mood is shown through three elements. Setting, imagery, and the type of narrator. The setting in this story is the White’s family household. At the end of the story, there is a strange knocking on the door of the house. On page 384, the story says: “He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish. The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back, and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then go to the gate beyond. …show more content…
Also, it was quite strange how there was an echo in the house of the knocking still after it was opened, and that a wind rushed up the staircase, almost like what was knocking on the door was coming into the house. In the story, the main object used for imagery is a monkey’s paw. There is something strange about the monkey’s paw though… On page 377, paragraph one, the text says: “‘It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,’ said the sergeant-major, ‘a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it.’” There was a man, a very holy man, who put a spell on this paw to prove fate rules people’s lives and that if people came in contact with it, three separate men would receive three wishes. This is strange because it was put on a paw, and that this paw demonstrated the results of fate by