The Gift of the Magi By O. Henry In “The Gift of the Magi” O. Henry makes the statement that the wisest kind of gift is one that comes from the heart. He makes this point by creating admirable characters and using an allusion to the Magi. His point can be supported by Della and Jim’s undying love for each other and their determination to get each other meaningful gifts‚ even if that means sacrificing “the greatest treasures of their house”. Della’s hair seems to be the very essence of
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The Story of an Hour Themes and Literary Elements Lora Cruse Ashford university ENG125 November‚ 14 2014 The major theme in Kate Chopin ’s “The Story of an Hour” is freedom. In the beginning of the story the scene opens up and we are introduced to Mrs. Mallard who has been told that her husband has died in a horrible train wreck‚ Mrs. mallard reacts to the news like any other wife would. Yes‚ she is upset so she excuses herself and rushes off to her bedroom
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The story “The Gift of the Magi” Irony is the opposite of what’s expected. There are three type of irony‚ the first type of irony is verbal irony it can also be called sarcasm or being sarcastic. The next irony is dramatic irony it is when the author lets the reader into the secret. The third irony is situational irony and it is when no one knows something was going to happen. So in this case he used dramatic irony because we knew that Della cut her hair so she can buy a Christmas gift for Jim.
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“ If you don’t sacrifice for what you want than what you want will be the sacrifice.” The gift of the magi is written by O. Henry it is a short story. The main characters are Mr. James Dillingham young and Ms. Della young. Della and James show many signs of sacrifice in through out the story. Sacrifice for those you love is very important in life. Della Shows many acts of sacrifice in the story. “ Will you by my hair” asked Della.” That is great example of sacrifice because
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The short story The gift of the Magi‚ by O.Henry‚ is a story of poverty and depression and how a great love overcomes it. The conflict and the setting create the intense suspense in the story. The main conflict in the story is poverty. Della does not have enough money to buy her husband a Christmas present and Christmas was a day away. She was thinking of every possibility of how to get Jim a present. At last she decided to give up her most prized possession. In the book it says‚ “Now
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In “The Gift of The Magi” by O. Henry there’s a lower class married couple who would do anything for each other. Then in “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant is a middle class married couple‚ they learn what it truly means to be poor lower classmen. In both of these stories there are both similarities and differences in their plots and between the characters. They both also have ironic endings. The plots of these two stories differ from each other‚ but are still both ironic. In “The Necklace” Mathildes
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“ 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
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The gift of magi is a love story of the well-known American writer- O.Henry in which the true love is challenged by the poverty. The love of Della and Jim is apparentlty revealed by the ways they think for each other‚ get ready to sacrifice the most valueable possessions for each other. Especially‚ the devotion of Della is the evidence of intense love she spends for her Jim. Della’s love demonstrates partially Shakespear’s point of view. No matter how poor the living condition is‚ it can not
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The Gift of the Magi shows many ironic aspects. How Della adores her hair‚ thinking so highly that no queen jewels could ever match the beauty of her hair. Or how Jim thinks his watch is so priceless that no king could ever have such a jewel‚ but when wanting to show their affection to one another they sell their priceless jewels just to find out that they each sold their priceless jewels to get something for one another. One a comb for the now missing hair‚ the other a golden chain for the now sold
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In the short story‚ The Gift of the Magi written by O. Henry the point of view is told in third person omniscient. According to our text‚ third person omniscient is when the narrator looks at the events of the story externally and relates to the characters. We don’t know how Jim feels about much of anything‚ but he still uses Jim to tell part of the story. The point of view in this short story is for the most part consistent throughout the story‚ but at one point in the last paragraph of
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