Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'we are from troy, achaeans, blown off course by shifting gales on the great south sea; homeward bound, but taking routes and ways uncommon; so the will of zeus would have it. we served under agamemnon, son of atreus— the whole world knows what city he laid waste, what armies he destroyed. it was our luck to come here; here we stand, beholden for your , or any gifts you give—as custom is to honor strangers. we would entreat you, great sir, have a care for the gods' courtesy; zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.' he answered this from his brute chest, unmoved: 'you are a ninny, or else you come from the other end of nowhere, telling me, mind the gods! we cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering zeus or all the gods in bliss; we have more force by far. i would not let you go for fear of zeus— you or your friends—unless i had a whim to. what can be inferred about the cyclops?

it is the last one to any those looking for the answer

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"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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