The Gift of the Magi by William Sydney Porter Xinyan Zhu September 2‚ 2012 Comp1102 /Fall Mrs. Chambers The Gift of the Magi by William Sidney Porter William Sidney Porter‚ better known under his pen name “O. Henry”‚ born September 11 1862 in Greensboro North Carolina. Accused of embezzling bank fund‚ Henry was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison. During this dark period in his life‚ he begin his literary career with his stories that were to be collected in his first book
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The two stories‚ “The gift of the Magi” by O Henry and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant shared similar themes and ironies. In the story “The gift of the Magi” both of the characters‚ Della and James‚ sacrifice the most important things they had (Della’s hair and James’s watch) to give the other happiness to find out the gifts were useless in the end while in “The Necklace”‚ Madame Loisel sacrifices both her own and her husband’s youth to pay for her friend’s necklace that she lost just to find
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America’s gift to my generation I believe that the gift America has given my generation is the opportunity for everyone get a free education. I consider this a gift because in some countries kids can not go to school. Even though a lot of kids my age will do anything not to go to school it is really a gift to have the opportunity. I think having a education is very important so you can get into a good college to have a good job and a bright future. There’s a lot of basic skills you learn at
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Effects on Same Sex School Does anyone think about what is same sex school? Why any students want to go there? Both single sex school and co-ed school have advantages and disadvantages. If we were parents‚ we would think that which school is better to let children go. Some of them do not care about the issue‚ but it may happen some problems to their children. In other word‚ if parents think about it carefully‚ their children will be successful. Going to same sex schools have had several positive
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The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true‚ and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders‚ and exterminated men‚ women‚ and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill‚ but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They
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Every year‚ I always receive a lot of gifts from my parents and friends on my birthday. But last year‚ I received a special gift from my best friend. It was my birthday. I was presented many colourful and expensive gifts. But my best friend did not give me a gift like that. She gave me a small blue box and said that: “This is my special gift for you. I hope you will like it.” I was very curious about what was in the box. I opened it. It was a scarf! But it was not colourful‚ it was blue and white
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civilizations in the world to began. The fertile soil allowed the ancient Egyptian to use the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals; farming was very poplar in ancient Egypt especially along the Nile River. The gift of the Nile when you first read the title the gift of the Nile your are some what confused well if not
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it came with a condition. In order to get his share of the willed inheritance‚ Jason must complete 12 separate assignments within a year. Each assignment is centered around a "gift". Gifts of Work‚ money‚ friends and learning are among the dozen that Jason must perform before he is eligible for the mysterious "Ultimate Gift" his grandfather’s will has for him. Throughout his trials and tribulations‚ the family attorney‚ Mr. Hamilton (Bill Cobbs)‚ and his secretary Miss Hastings (Lee Meriwether) attempt
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The main character in The Necklace’s‚ and the main character in The Gift of the Magi’s‚ personalities differ from one another vastly. In The Necklace‚ the main character Mathilde Loisel is an ungrateful middle class woman who seeks riches and admiration. Alternatively‚ the main character in The Gift of the Magi‚ Della Young‚ is compassionate and works very hard to buy her husband a present‚ and ultimately‚ selling the one thing that was more precious to her than anything else‚ her hair. Mathilde
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The Gift of Reading: the Louis Braille Story The Gift of Reading: the Louis Braille Story Many of us take the act of seeing for granted. In fact‚ we take many of our senses for granted. This writer believes that if you are able to read this text‚ then you are using your sense of sight to process the words on the page. What about those that cannot see‚ how do they read? Many of us are aware of the process of reading for the blind known as Braille. In this paper‚ I will tell the story of one
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