Wealthy Wishes and Mystical Magic By Sydney Finch and Lilly Schlemmer If you had three wishes, what would you wish for? This may be a fantasy to some people, but in these two mystical stories, it comes to life starting with just two words, I WISH…… Many similarities and differences occur in both Monkey’s Paw, By W. W. Jacobs, and Aladdin, By Disney. In “Monkeys Paw” and “Aladdin”, both stories display characters wishing for their life to become better. In the “Monkey’s Paw”, Mr. White was “hypnotized” by the idea of being granted three wishes. However, he did not know that those three wishes would lead his life to terrible misfortune. In “Aladdin”, a genie comes upon a young street rat, Aladdin, and offers him three wishes. Although, this was tempting to Aladdin, he later finds out that those three wishes cause him trouble and mischief with a dazzling princess that needs to marry, Jasmine. In the end, each character in both stories learn a valuable lesson that will dictate how they live their life. Lilly and Sydney 12/2/2018

Links to other slides Aladdin’s 1st wish Aladdin’s 2nd wish Aladdin’s 3rd wish Comparison of 1st wishes Comparisons of 3rd wishes Monkeys Paw 1st wish Monkeys Paw 2nd wish Monkeys Paw 3rd wish Comparisons of 2nd wishes 12/2/2018 Lilly

Aladdin’s 1st wish Wish Outcome Wishes to be a wealthy prince He won the heart of Jasmine and saltine 12/2/2018 Lilly

Monkey’s Paw 1st wish Wish Outcome Mr. Whites wishes for $500 Herbert, his son, sadly died Mr. White was offered $500 from the company 12/2/2018 Lilly

Aladdin’s 2nd Wish Wish Outcome Aladdin wished to be saved-ocean (Jafar and his army pushed him into the ocean) Genie rescues him and returns to castle 12/2/2018 Sydney

Monkey’s Paw 2nd Wish Wish Outcome Mr. White wished his son alive again Herbert became a “zombie” Herbert ambled to his house He supposedly knocked on the door 12/2/2018 Sydney

Aladdin’s 3rd Wish Outcome Wish Aladdin wishes to free the genie Genie becomes very excited He decides to travel the world 12/2/2018 Sydney

Monkey’s Paw 3rd Wish Wish Outcome Mr. White wished for the knocking to go away They assumed it was Herbert Mr. White thought Herbert would be mutated Mrs. White wanted to let Herbert in The knocking suddenly went away Mr. and Mrs. White are very upset Mrs. White dies from depression Mr. White later dies-he lost his wife and son 12/2/2018 Sydney

Comparisons and Contrasts of Monkey’s Paw and Aladdin’s 1st wish Monkey’s Paw 1st Wish Aladdin’s 1st Wish Mr. White wishes for $500 Aladdin wishes to be a prince- rich These wishes are similar because they both wish for a rich life style. “I wish for five hundred dollars, Mr. White said very clearly.” Aladdin requested, “Genie, I wish to be a prince.” However, Mr. White wishes for physical money, and Aladdin wishes to be a prince which would make him rich. 12/2/2018 Lilly

Comparisons and Contrasts of Aladdin’s and Monkey’s Paw 2nd Wish Aladdin’s 2nd Wish Monkey’s Paw 2nd Wish He wished to be saved-ocean Genie saved him-returned to castle Mr. White wished for his son to be alive again These wishes are similar because Mr. White wishes for his son to be alive again, “I wish my son alive again,” and the genie saves Aladdin from the ocean (Aladdin mumbled the wish), so Aladdin would be alive. 12/2/2018 Sydney

Comparisons and Contrasts of Aladdin’s and Monkey’s Paw 3rd Wish Aladdin’s 3rd Wish Monkey’s Paw 3rd Wish Wished genie free These two wishes are not similar because Aladdin’s wish brings joy by keeping his promise to free the genie and Mr. White’s wish brings sorrow because he does not listen to his wife and he wishes his son away. Mr. White wished for the knocking on the front door to stop 12/2/2018 Lilly and Sydney