The gift of magi The story tells of a young married couple‚ James (Jim) and Della Dillingham. The couple has very little money and lives in a modest apartment. Between them they have two possessions that they consider their treasures: Jim’s gold pocket watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s‚ and Della’s lustrous‚ long hair that falls almost to her knees. It’s Christmas Eve‚ and Della finds herself running out of time to buy Jim a Christmas present. After paying all of the bills
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America’s Gift to me Generation America’s gift to my generation and many generations before me are many things. The main gifts that I appreciate are freedom‚ safety‚ and welfare. Most people have been sharing opinions with me about other Americans kneeling during the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem. I do not believe that kneeling is appropriate or respectful. It is disrespectful to those who fight for our freedom. The reason those people have the freedom to kneel is because of the
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Lethal Gift of Livestock This is the brief summary about chapter eleven of Diamond’s book which its name if Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. This chapter talk about diseases that they transform from animals to human body. Before I started with my summary‚ I want to say that I personally agree with Diamond’s speech because he support his argument by showing many strong evidence. From the beginning‚ germs are the major things that make living things sick‚ such as human‚ animals‚ and plants. There are many
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The ultimate gift in the book‚ The Ultimate Gift‚ was all twelve of the lessons Jason learned throughout the twelves months. These lessons were to help Jason become a better person by learning the meaning of life. Therefore‚ each lesson was a life experience. Life is fragile and short and Red Stevens did not want Jason to keep living life without appreciation. Jason went into this journey as a greedy and selfish man. Before Jason begun all he cared about was inheriting money from his great-uncle
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Situational irony was a key factor in The Gift of The Magi. Without the irony‚ the story would have been less interesting to readers and have a lesser meaning. The irony connects the story together fully and catches the reader’s eye. Della and Jim‚ the two main characters‚ are married and live in a small flat together. They are poor and only have 2 items that they see to have great value‚ Della’s hair and Jim’s watch. Della’s hair is long‚ curly‚ and beautiful. Jim’s watch is gold and has been passed
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Both books‚ The Time Traveler and the Travelers Gift‚ have to do with man’s curiosity of time travel. Both these books are a great read and get you thinking‚ "Would time travel really be possible‚ and could I see man evolve throughout history to where we are today?" As a Christian‚ I don’t personally believe in evolution in general. I also don’t think humans evolved from a lower life form and I don’t think we will be here for another million years to eventually evolve into something else. Even though
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Religion against Art with Asher Lev As the author Chaim Potok writes in the book “My Name is Asher Lev‚” demonstrating the conflict of the theme religion and art tied into it with Asher Lev. The theme between religion and art has many different sections that all combined into this book with Asher‚ his parents and the Rebbe have a lot that conjoined into this. Chaim Potok the author wrote these sequels of the books because these books relate to his past. Asher has conflict of love between art and
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Selfless Love‚ the True Gift of the Magi Kim Frazier ENG 125 Ms. Marvel May 2‚ 2011 Selfless Love‚ the True Gift of the Magi O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” is a timeless story of selfless love. At the beginning of this tale the reader is introduced to Della Young a wife who has saved every penny she can to get her husband Jim a wonderful Christmas present. Though she has tried to come up with more money all she had is a dollar and eighty seven cents‚ and she does not feel that this
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Chase Tidmore Intro To Lit Analyst Ms. Sheperis 10/20/11 Irony Within “The Gift of the Magi” “Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it‚ but cherished by those who do”‚ Soren Kierkegaard knew what he was talking about when he said these famous words. “The Gift of the Magi”‚ written by William Sidney Porter‚ often known by his pen name O. Henry. It is a short story depicting literary elements of irony‚ romance‚ and Porter’s sense of twist endings‚ and is all about a
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Li-Young Lee’s‚ “The Gift” unquestionably communicates several ideas‚ some rather direct‚ and others buried within the rhetoric and composition of the poem. Although the meaning (of the poem) may be left to interpretation‚ one of the most prominent concepts of the story‚ in my belief‚ is the gift of love and consequent tradition of offering it to loved ones. In the beginning of the poem‚ the narrator describes his father comforting him in the painful situation of removing a metal splinter from his
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