Jacobs teaches us that love and greed dictate our actions. The beginning starts out with a cold, wet, day, and Mr. White playing chess with his son. The beginning starts out with a cold, wet, day, and Mr. White playing chess with his son. Not long after that, Sergeant Major Morris walks into the room with the monkey's paw. Mr. weight hears about the magic and wishes for a 200 pounds. The next day, he got news that his son had died and wished for him to be alive again.He he was knocking on the door and wishes for him to be dead after realizing what he had done like Mr. White, we can but let me think more about what we do instead of using all natural instinct. He he was knocking on the door and wishes for him to be dead after realizing what he had done like Mr. White, we can but let me think more about what we do instead of using all natural