Compare And Contrast Della And The Gift Of The Magi
The character that I connect or relate to the most is Della from The Gift of the Magi. Della is a sweet poor woman who needs to buy a present for her husband for christmas but the problem is she only has one dollar and eighty-seven cents. She had been saving that money for a long time. Just like Della I save my money for long periods of time then when the time comes to buy something I spend it all. Della looks everywhere and spends a lot of time trying to find the perfect gift for her husband. Even though I don't buy a lot of gifts during christmas I do spend a lot of time looking for the perfect one for that particular person. Della goes to drastic measures to get money for the gift she wants to buy. She sells the only thing she has, her hair.
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Matilde is a very depressed and lonely woman. She feels sorry for herself and pitties herself for her hard life.Unlike Matilde I tend to be more cheerful and happy. I don’t like to waste time feeling sorry for myself when there could be more important things I could be doing. Matilde also spends almost all her time thinking of a life she doesn’t have. She wants a life with riches and fame but none of the work that it takes to have that life. Wishing for a life you don’t have takes time away from making your life better. I would love to be super rich and not have to pay for things like a car or college but that’s not the life I live. In the story, Matilde uses her husbands money that he was gonna to buy a gun with to go out with his friends. She takes his happiness away and never gives it a second thought.She is so buried in how bad she thinks her life is she has no empathy for others. Empathy is like stepping into someone else's life and looking inside and not just on the outside and I know that I have empathy towards others. Yesterday I was at the store and there was A mom there with her kids and the were yelling and screaming so she would yell at them to stop. My immediate reaction was why is she being so mean. But I had to take a step back and realize that I have no idea what she is going through right now so I can’t judge. Me and Matilde are completely different people we share little
Matilde is a very depressed and lonely woman. She feels sorry for herself and pitties herself for her hard life.Unlike Matilde I tend to be more cheerful and happy. I don’t like to waste time feeling sorry for myself when there could be more important things I could be doing. Matilde also spends almost all her time thinking of a life she doesn’t have. She wants a life with riches and fame but none of the work that it takes to have that life. Wishing for a life you don’t have takes time away from making your life better. I would love to be super rich and not have to pay for things like a car or college but that’s not the life I live. In the story, Matilde uses her husbands money that he was gonna to buy a gun with to go out with his friends. She takes his happiness away and never gives it a second thought.She is so buried in how bad she thinks her life is she has no empathy for others. Empathy is like stepping into someone else's life and looking inside and not just on the outside and I know that I have empathy towards others. Yesterday I was at the store and there was A mom there with her kids and the were yelling and screaming so she would yell at them to stop. My immediate reaction was why is she being so mean. But I had to take a step back and realize that I have no idea what she is going through right now so I can’t judge. Me and Matilde are completely different people we share little