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‚ all Della has left is $1.87 to put toward Jim’s
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the selfless love that they feel for each other. The author begins the story with Della wanting to get a Christmas gift for her husband‚ which was a platinum fob chain to go with his precious watch‚ but due to their financial circumstances she could not afford to buy him the gift‚ therefore she decide to cut her hair‚ which is her most priced possession. The author goes on to describe the emotional anguish Della experience as she observe her reflection between the pier glass in the window‚ he states
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very difficult. But not for Della and Jim. They would do anything for love. They were poor but they still did anything they could do for each other. They sacrificed their most valuable and prized possessions for each other. Now that’s what I call love. “Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.” (Mitch Albom) Both Della and Jim sacrifice something they love deeply for an even deeper love‚ each other. Della sacrificed her hair and would
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are much more similar that they pretend to be. Mathilde from The Necklace and Della from The Gift of the Magi seem to have many differences‚ although they more similar that they really look like. For both women‚ happiness is something unknown and unreachable; and their lives are nothing more than hopeless. However‚ happiness is different than being rich‚ and while Mathilde does not care about her husband happiness‚ Della fights for her husband happiness and at the end‚ both realizes that happiness
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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” by O.Henry is a short story about James and Della Dillingham Young‚ and the events that occur one Christmas eve. The story begins with Della Dillingham Young frantically gathering her money to purchase a gift for her husband Jim Dillingham. Della loves her husband Jim so much‚ that she sacrifices her beloved hair in order to purchase a wrist band for Jims watch. Unbeknownst to her‚ Jim sacrificed his watch to purchase a set of combs that she always desired. Love‚ sacrifice
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of the Magi was situational irony. In other words‚ it is; When you expect one thing to happen but something entirely different and unexpected happens. In The Gift of the Magi‚ Della cuts and sells her hair to buy a chain for Jim’s watch. At the same time‚ Jim sells his watch to buy Della hair combs. Both Della and Jim sold their most prized possessions
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this love story‚ with his use of third point of view and the character he picked to tell this story. O Henry by choosing to write this story mainly in a the third person point of view‚ is able to show the reader just how underprivileged Jim and Della live by being able to break away from the story to tell us about Jim and Della’s home. “In the vestibule below was a letter– box into which no letter would go‚ and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.” (Henry‚ 1906) Della’s
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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 is selfish‚ and when her friend‚ Madame Foreister is sympathetic enough to let her borrow her jewelry‚ Mathilde asks rudely‚ “Haven’t you anything else?” (Maupassant‚ ¶39). In contrast‚ Della is very appreciative when she receives a hairpin‚ and is very
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army clothes. Kylie meets her cabin roommates‚ Della and Miranda. Della is a vampire and Miranda is a witch. At first Kylie is freaked out and only accepts Miranda for who she is because she blends in easier with normality. Kylie is afraid of Della and is constantly worrying that Della will drink her blood. She subconsciously separates the vampire Della from the human Della. When she realizes she has done this‚ she finally accepts Della for who she is and is no longer afraid. Kylie is
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