Can you make any personal connections to the passage from Under the Mesquite e? Do you see any connections between the text and other texts? Or do you see connections to issues or events currently happening in society?
Tip: Can you find where in the passage the author refers to the fairytale character Cinderella? This reference one
example of a direct connection with other texts.
Fill in the table using. complete sentences and update your worksheet by underlining these connections in the passage
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Connections
Personal Connection
What do you personally relate to in this story?
Connection with other Texts
Can you see parallels or direct connections to
other texts in this passage?
Connections to Society
Can you identify connections with current
issues or events happening in society?
I

choose from these types:

the innocent

the orphan

the hero

the caregiver

the explorer

the rebel

answer: e

explanation:

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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