What is your response to the story "The Monkey's Paw"?

In the 1902 short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, a sergeant comes to visit the home of the White family—mother, father, and son—and brings with him a monkey’s paw that has the power to grant its owner three wishes, but warns the family against using the monkey’s paw and pleads with them to destroy it. However, they decide to take a risk instead, and the son tells his father to wish for two hundred pounds; the father obeys. At first, nothing happens except for a loud crash when the wish is made, but the following day a messenger comes to the house to inform the White family that their son was killed at work by the machinery and the company will compensate them for their loss with a sum of two hundred pounds. In the following days, Mr. and Mrs. White attempt to deal with their grief, but when Mrs. White can no longer handle it she insists that her husband use another wish to wish their son alive again. Against his will he does, but as his wife runs down to answer a knock at the door, out of fear for what creature will have returned, Mr. White makes his third and final wish and the knocking stops.   

One of the most interesting aspects of the story is the dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows, or has an idea, of what is going to happen but the characters do not. It creates tension and suspense for the reader, keeping us engaged. The dramatic irony of this story is that the reader knows even before it happens that the White family will use the monkey’s paw to make a wish and something terrible will happen, though the reader does not know exactly what. We know this from early on when the sergeant warns the White family that the paw will bring sorrow. On page two the sergeant says to them, “‘If you keep [the monkey’s paw], don’t blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again, like a sensible man,’” and then Mr. White asks for an explanation on how to make the wishes. This scene is crucial because of course the reader knows that the family is going to use the monkey’s paw, otherwise there would not be a story to tell, and the reader is waiting to see what exactly the terrible consequences will be.