Irony In The Gift Of Magi

There are lots of components in a good story, plot, theme, characters, structure and so many more. A lot of stories are better than others because of the components of good irony, relate-able characters, and a good structure. Irony makes a really good story because it lets you discover a lot about a character and if he is good or bad, gonna do something to someone or help someone, and the personality of the character. For example writer Van Tomphson on his website says “This approach to irony can help the reader gain insight into each character's personality. A character who is frequently sarcastic or dishonest might be a person who should not be trusted or who is going to harm another character.” Irony can also give you insight one what will happen in a story kind of like foreshadowing. Like in the book The Gift of Magi the two characters Della and Jim are very poor and what to give each other Christmas presents. So unknowingly to each other they both sell one of there most prized possessions to get the money. Jim sells his watch to buy Della a comb, yet Della sells her hair to buy Jim a new chain for his watch. You can
Without structure you pretty much don’t have a story. Structure is a lot like plot, ts pretty much the whole story. Based on dictionary.com the definition of structure is “mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents:” The structure of a story is the building blocks. It organizes parts and constructs elements of the story. Some people say setting is what a story is all about. Although the setting does describe the story well the structure creates the setting so without structure you got nothing. To make a good story you need all the elements of literature. The parts that are most important though are Characters, which give create the story, Irony which does lots for the plot of the story, and structure which is the building blocks of a