The Monkey's Paw Basic understanding & analysis

Mr. White is impulsive and quick to make errors in judgment. We see this in his chess game with Herbert at the beginning of the story. He displays the same traits when dealing with the Monkey's paw. Despite the sergeant’s warnings Mr. White rescues the paw from the fire and makes a wish. Mr White wants nothing to do with the paw later on in the story but his wife pressures him to make yet another wish.