Situational Irony In A Christmas
The irony is the twist ending to this short story. When the story reached an ending, Jim sells his watch to buy combs for Della’s hair, but Della cut her hair and sold it to buy a chain for Jim’s watch. This story included a situational irony.
I believe the number 3 is referring to the three Magi, Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar, with three homelands.
In the story, he mentioned he would love Della no matter condition she is in, shows that he is a kind man. The story also mentions the watch has value just like Jim. Finally, the story says that Jim was never late, and he arrived home to his wife as soon as possible.
The allusions to the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon is used to emphasize the value and beauty of Jim’s watch and Della’s hair by …show more content…
If it was a 1st person point of view, it would probably have been a surprise when Della made a decision to cut her hair.
The protagonists are the married couple, Jim and Della. I did not notice who, but what is the antagonist. The antagonist is money.
The original setting takes place on Christmas Eve. If the setting was different, the cost of the rent and the cost of Della’s hair would be different. The value of money Jim and Della have wouldn’t be there anymore.
Yes, the story includes foreshadowing. Jim and Della were talking about how amazing his watch and her hair …show more content…
Both of them were worried about a gift to give to each other, it ended with something going wrong.
I am not sure who to invite. I want to invite both Jim and Della, but not just one or the other. If I invited either Jim or Della, they would think I don’t like the other person at all because they are different.
Gold Watch for sale! Hello, I’m Jim, and I’m selling my gold watch. It is very beautiful and priceless. It was was my fathers’ fathers. It opens quickly, has a deer on the front, and I’m willing to sell it to buy Della a gift.
If Della had short hair, she wouldn’t be able to sell it. She might have asked to work for it or trade something else like her jacket. Della was willing to do anything to get Jim a gift he would
I believe the number 3 is referring to the three Magi, Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar, with three homelands.
In the story, he mentioned he would love Della no matter condition she is in, shows that he is a kind man. The story also mentions the watch has value just like Jim. Finally, the story says that Jim was never late, and he arrived home to his wife as soon as possible.
The allusions to the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon is used to emphasize the value and beauty of Jim’s watch and Della’s hair by …show more content…
If it was a 1st person point of view, it would probably have been a surprise when Della made a decision to cut her hair.
The protagonists are the married couple, Jim and Della. I did not notice who, but what is the antagonist. The antagonist is money.
The original setting takes place on Christmas Eve. If the setting was different, the cost of the rent and the cost of Della’s hair would be different. The value of money Jim and Della have wouldn’t be there anymore.
Yes, the story includes foreshadowing. Jim and Della were talking about how amazing his watch and her hair …show more content…
Both of them were worried about a gift to give to each other, it ended with something going wrong.
I am not sure who to invite. I want to invite both Jim and Della, but not just one or the other. If I invited either Jim or Della, they would think I don’t like the other person at all because they are different.
Gold Watch for sale! Hello, I’m Jim, and I’m selling my gold watch. It is very beautiful and priceless. It was was my fathers’ fathers. It opens quickly, has a deer on the front, and I’m willing to sell it to buy Della a gift.
If Della had short hair, she wouldn’t be able to sell it. She might have asked to work for it or trade something else like her jacket. Della was willing to do anything to get Jim a gift he would