selfless love. The setting of the story takes place in New York City either on the streets shopping or in the couple’s small well-kept apartment. The setting shows that they are living in a small apartment but still content with what they have. Della is a young wife who has beautiful long hair; she is a saver and tried to save as much money as possible to buy Jim a nice gift for Christmas. Jim is a young‚ hardworking‚ caring husband that appears to have a good sense of humor at the end of the story
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from the Dell Effect. INTRODUCTION Dell has greatly affected competition in the computer industry; Dell’s special and innovative business plan and just in time inventory has lead to a system of production at minimal costs at Dell. Because Dell is able to produce products at minimal costs‚ the offering price of its products to the consumer is much lower than that of Dell’s competitors. These lower costs have allowed Dell to offer their products at a lower price and have hence
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exposes oration as a horribly shameful skill that corrupts the retention of knowledge‚ and encourages the false belief in unexamined appearances. The deceptive rhetoric that oratory employs is merely a tactic used to convince inexperienced people through an appeal to their soul’s desires‚ eliciting a favorable response through sheer flattery. In this paper‚ I will argue that Gorgias exposes oration as a dishonest skill—rather than a learned expertise—and advances Plato’s belief that oration leads to
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Young – Della and Jim – live in a shabby apartment. They have very little money‚ but a great love for one another. Della and Jim have two treasures of which they are both very proud – Della’s beautiful long hair and Jim’s gold watch‚ which belonged to his father and grandfather before him. The story that unfolds reveals the true meaning of gift giving as both Della and Jim sacrifice their own treasure to buy a Christmas gift to enhance the other’s treasure. Unbeknownst to one another‚ Della sells her
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of the Magi Essay There are many similarities between the The Gift of The Magi and The Necklace. The main one being the theme of sacrifice. In The Gift of The Magi both Jim Dillingham Young and Della Young forfeited what they treasured most‚ but‚ they treasured something even more‚ love. Due to both Della and Jim loving one another‚ they gave up and sacrificed for each other. This is similar to The Necklace in such that Mathilde’s husband‚ M. Loisel‚ cares very much for Mathilde and has proven this
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tightened on hers. Finally‚ the door opened and the sound of the creaking hinges in the otherwise silent cottage made Della jolt in her seat. Elgan and John stood at the front of the room and Elgan started. "Young Owen’s recovery is mysterious. However‚ since no spells or enchantments were heard or seen by anyone in the cottage at the time‚ Della cannot be condemned as a sorceress." Della let out a breath of relief
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illustrates the effectiveness of the plot‚ particularly one that has a surprise ending such as‚ “The Gift of the Magi”. In this story of Jim and Della‚ they are approaching Christmas and have very little money to spend on one another. They each want to surprise the other one with a marvelous gift for Christmas but they have little money and Della only has $1.87. Della ends up cutting her hair for the money while Jim sells his cherished watch. Through selfless acts done for love‚ they each end up giving one
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the military were extremely courageous‚ which is how Athens became the leading empire in the Greek world. “…And when the moment for fighting came‚ they held it nobler to suffer death than to yield and save their lives…..”(Thucydides‚ The Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ 59.) As described by Pericles‚ the men of Athens did not worry about their own lives when they fought in the war. They fought strictly for the purpose of protecting their city of Athens. This meant that their fighting strategy would
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persuasive sense of humor‚ their quick‚ chatty beginnings‚ their confidential narrator‚ and‚ of course‚ their inclusion of one of several types of surprise endings” says Rena Korb ("An overview of ’The Gift of the Magi ’.”) I suppose the story between Della Young and Jim Dillingham‚ a young married couple that is willing to sacrifice their most-prized possessions for a Christmas gift demonstrates just that -- an affirmation of unselfish love. O. Henry’s short stories were compared to some other short
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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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