The Monkey's Paw

the monkey paws

The sergeant-major seems to state the theme of this selection when he says that the old Fakir who put a spell on the monkey's paw wanted to show that "fate ruled people's lives." Which detail from the text BEST supports this interpretation?

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The subsequent set of "bad" news that that Mr. and Mrs. white receive are examples of this.

That he can't because they got scared of the monkeys paw

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The monkeys paw