The old adage, "Be careful what you wish for; you may just get it," holds true in "The Monkey's Paw." Because the greed of the White family is excited by the prospect of having wishes fulfilled, they do not consider the ramifications of their initial wish, nor the warnings of the old soldier to burn the paw, or if they are going to wish, "wish for something sensible."
So, despite the warnings, the father, insensibly, wishes for two hundred pounds. Of course, this wish is fulfilled, but there are conditions attached to this wish that the Whites have not "sensibly" considered as the sergeant has warned. And, it is these conditions that effect the horror attached to W. W. Jacobs's story.
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