When analyzing literature, it is important that you pay close
attention to details. Sergeant Major Morris describes the monkey's
paw in the following passage. Read the following passage and
answer the questions. What might this mean to the reader at first
glance? What does it mean after finishing the entire story?
"It had a spell put on it by an old fakir.. 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."