What Is The Irony In The Gift Of The Magi
“ This was love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness.”(DelaCruz) “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry is a short story about the selflessness of true love. Della and Jim are a poor couple on Christmas eve. Della cried about not being able to buy her beloved Jim a present with only, “One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.” She longed to get Jim a good gift but little did she know that jim would come home with a beautiful present for her. This story is filled with symbolism and irony to explain this hidden meaning of sacrifice and selflessness. To understand you must notice that these symbols are della's hair and jim's watch.
The symbols in the gift of the magi are Della's hair and Jim's watch. These objects symbolizes who they are as a person, and what they're most prideful about. Jim and Della do not have much as you can see when the author never describe …show more content…
These two foolish children called della and Jim did indeed sacrifice for each other. “For there lay The Combs-- the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. “Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jeweled rims-- just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair.” do remember that Della had cut her hair therefore no longer able to use those unique combs. “I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.” Since that Jim sold his watch, he couldn't use the, “...platinum fold chain…” that Della got specifically for the watch. At this point you can see the irony in play. They both are unable to use their heartfelt
The symbols in the gift of the magi are Della's hair and Jim's watch. These objects symbolizes who they are as a person, and what they're most prideful about. Jim and Della do not have much as you can see when the author never describe …show more content…
These two foolish children called della and Jim did indeed sacrifice for each other. “For there lay The Combs-- the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. “Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jeweled rims-- just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair.” do remember that Della had cut her hair therefore no longer able to use those unique combs. “I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.” Since that Jim sold his watch, he couldn't use the, “...platinum fold chain…” that Della got specifically for the watch. At this point you can see the irony in play. They both are unable to use their heartfelt