1. Aladdin vs. Monkey’s Paw
“Monkey’s Paw” by: W. W. Jacobs
“Aladdin” by: Disney Productions

2. Links to other pages Links Title Introduction Comparing Wishes
Contrasting Wishes
Outcomes
Aladdin's Main Character
Monkey’s paw Main Character
Contrasting Main Characters
Comparing Main Characters
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3. Introduction for compare/contrast
A lot of people wonder what it would be like to have three wishes that granted you anything. Just to see what would happen if you tried to wish on anything. But the wishes outcomes are not what they seem. In the movie Aladdin by “Disney” and “Monkey’s Paw” a short story by W.W.Jacobs the main characters have the power to be granted three wishes. These two stories are about making wishes that have some good outcomes and bad outcomes. They both make wishes on something and they lead to bad outcomes. At the end of both stories both of the characters learn a good lesson not to put their family or there life at stake.

4. Equally, theses stories have three wishes
Comparing wishes
Equally, theses stories have three wishes
Someone or something creating wishes.
In the stories they have at least one greedy wish
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5. Contrasting wishes Aladdin Mr. White Aladdin’s wishes are…
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Contrasting wishes
Aladdin
Mr. White
Aladdin’s wishes are…
To be a prince
So he can wed jasmine
For his life to be kept
he was drowning
For the genie to be free
Aladdin promised him
Mr. White’s wishes are…
For five hundred dollars
just so they see if it works
For Herbert to arise from the dead
His wife demanded him
For Herbert to die again
(“don’t let that thing in” said Mr. White)

6. The outcome of the wishes
Aladdin
Mr. White
first wish- Aladdin first wish led to him to be handsome prince and win the heart of the princess.
Second wish- Surprisingly Aladdin's second wish led for his life to be saved when he was tossed in a lake.
Third wish- The last wish the did was to set the genie free and the genie got to go live his life.
First wish- Mr. White’s first wish led for his son to be crushed after wishing for $500.00
Second wish- For some reason Mrs. White wanted her son to be alive so she wished for it back to life.
Third wish- Mr. White last wish led for his son to be dead again right after his wife for him to be back alive because his son might look all deformed.
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7. “Aladdin’s” Main Character
“Aladdin’s” main character is of course Aladdin
He is a young man who lives in the allies of Agraba
He is tricked by Jafar, who is cleverly disguised as an old man, to go retrieve a magic lamp that changes his life
He ends up with an outgoing genie that will grant him three wishes
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8. “Monkey’s Paw” Main Character
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“Monkey’s Paw” main character is Mr. White
He lives in an old house unlike Aladdin
He has a loving wife and one child named Herbert
That all changes when his friend, Sergeant Morris, tell him about a monkey’s paw and how it can grant him three wishes

9. Contrasting the Main Characters
Aladdin
Mr. White
Lives on the streets
Was not as greedy as Mr. White
He finds the lamp in the Cave of Wonders
Two wishes were for himself
One was for somebody else
Lives in a dark house
Used wishes for greed
In the text it states “ I wish for five hundred dollars”
He receives the Paw from Sgt. Morris

10. Comparing the Main Characters
Both receive a talisman ( a magical object)
Both find out about the talisman from somebody
Aladdin finds out from Jafar
Mr. White finds out from Sgt. Morris
Both use at least one wish for themselves

11. Pictures