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StudentNames
Mrs.G.Gordon
8thGradeELA
11January,2016
ComparisonsandContrastsofMoodsinTheMonkey'sPawandTheThirdWish
ThemoodsofTheThirdWishbyJoanAikenandTheMonkey'sPawbyW.W.Jacobs
havebothsimilaritiesanddifferences.
First,inbothTheThirdWishandTheMonkeysPaw
themaincharacterseachlosesomething.Mr.Petersloseshiswifeandeventuallyhisownlife,
whiletheWhitefamilylosestheirson.Theseploteventscreateagloomymoodforbothstories.
Also,inbothstoriesoneofthemaincharactersendsupdyingwhichmakesamournfulmood.In
TheThirdWishMr.Petersdiesandtheswansmourn,andinTheMonkey'sPawHerbert
diesatworkandMr.andMrs.Whitemournaswell.Inadditiontothecomparisons,thereare
somecontrasts.First,inTheThirdWish,thelovebetweenMr.PetersandLeitacreatesa
romanticmoodthatTheMonkey'sPawdoesnothave.Secondly,TheMonkey'sPawhas
intenseandhorrificthingshappenedsuchasMrs.WhitewishingforHerberttocomebackfrom
thedeadwhichcreatesananxiousmood.Althoughbothstoriesaredifferent,theyhaveaboutthe
sameamountofsimilaritiesanddifferences.