Secondary sources provide firsthand testimony and direct evidence interpret and analyze primary or other secondary sources store original reflections and correspondence can only be found in personal collections and private libraries

Secondary sources interpret and analyze primary or other secondary sources. Generally, secondary sources are sources which describe or comment on something which was presented for the first time in another source. In other words, secondary sources comment on primary sources, which are the original source of information.

For example, Anna Frank's diary is a primary source but texts written in order to explain, interpret or comment on Anna Frank's diary are considered to be secondary sources.

Another example: a Shakespearean sonnet is a primary source but texts written in order to interpret the sonnet are secondary sources.

So, options A (provide firsthand testimony and direct evidence) and C ( store original reflections and correspondence) describe primary sources. Option D (can only be found in personal collections and private libraries) is irrelevant because both primary sources and secondary ones can be found in many other places apart from personal collections and private libraries, such as public libraries, Internet, etc.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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