The monkey’s paw is magic, it can make people’s wishes come true, but in an unexpected way. The first man had his three wishes, they didn’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. So he died. Mrs White wanted 200 pounds for a wish, suddenly, her son died, so she got the compensation, that was 200 pounds. Mrs White wanted Hebert to come back, but his husband didn’t want him to come to life, his wish came true. From the story, we can know, if any one wants to get any thing, he must make efforts. Magic is different in everyone’s opinion