Mathilde And Della In The Gift Of The Magi

In the story of The Gift Of The Magi was this young lady named Della who had been working for months, and only made one dollar and eighty-seven cents. The next day was christmas and she didn't have enough money to buy her significant other named jim a present. Della found the money to buy jim a present, but at the end of the day both of the gifts were worthless but meant a lot to each other. This story relates to The Neckless in a few ways. The Necklace is about a young lady named Mathilde who’s also poor but she’s ashamed to be poor. She dreams about being rich, she fantasies so much she becomes depressed. One day she gets an invite to a ball and she doesn't want to go because she does not have anything nice to wear. Her husband gave her
“Mathilde” “ i think i could do it on $400, for this was exactly the amount he had been saving for a gun.” Mathilde is selfish, she knew her husband was saving up money to save for a gun so he could go shooting this summer, but she didn't care. All she cared about was not looking poor at the ball. However, “Della” “ I had my hair cut off and sold because i couldn’t have lived through christmas without giving you a present.” Della wasn’t thinking about herself, all she cared about was getting her husband jim a christmas present. She gave up her most valuable thing so she could have enough money to buy jim a
Mathilde is ungrateful and Della’s appreciative. “Mathilde” “ I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone to wear.” Her husband gave her his money that he was saving so she could buy a dress and not worry about looking poor, now she’s complaining that she doesn't have any jewels to wear. The dress wasn't enough for Mathilde, she wanted more. Yet, “Della” “ She hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say my hair grows fast.” Della loved the gift even though she didn't have any hair to comb, her husband knew Della’s hair was one of the most precious things to her so he brought her a comb, and she appreciated the thought. Mathilde and Della are the same when it comes to their stubbornness.
“Mathilde” “ wear flowers , for $10 you could get two or three gorgeous roses, no… there’s nothing so humiliating as looking poor.” Mathilde didn't want to wear flowers because she said she would look poor, she wanted to wear jewels. “Della” “ pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man.” Della would argue with the grocery man that he charged her an extra penny so she would wait until he gives her a penny back.
Both characters Della and Mathilde relate to each other, they have their similarities and their