O’Henry’s “Gift of the Magi” James and Della sold their prized possessions for each other‚ and they are poor. In Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Sonny and his brother builds a bond. In Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” Jeff and Jennie dies together out of love and being brave. Have you ever loved someone so much? Even though James and Della do not have money‚ they go through a lot to give each other a gift for Christmas. Della sold her prized possession for her husband James “’Twenty dollars‚’ said Mrs.Sofrone
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sentimental possessions to have money to buy a Christmas gift for the other. 1. Della cutoff and sell her hair to buy a chain for Jim’s
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“Selfless love” The story I chose to write about is The Gift of the Magi‚ which was written in 1906 by O. Henry. The Gift of Magi is about a young married couple on Christmas Eve trying to rummage up enough money to buy each other better than average gifts. There are many elements in this story that support the overall theme. The setting‚ symbolism‚ character‚ point of view‚ and tone all tie the main theme together which is selfless love. The setting of the story takes place in New York City
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My most prized possession is my pair of 75th anniversary 22 karat-gold limited edition Ray-Ban aviators. Being my most meaningful possession‚ my Ray-Bans are tucked safely away in their tan leather case that regularly resides inside my Louis Vuitton Eva Clutch in Damier Ebene. Unzipping the purse one directly takes notice of the tan sunglasses case as it is commanding virtually half of the purse’s volume. The clasp securing my aviators inside the safe environment that is the leather case it calls
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for the other. The gift of the magi is about two people; Della and Jim. It is Christmas Eve and Della wants to give her husband Jim a nice gift but all she has is $1.87. She ends up giving up her prized possession (her hair) to get a chain for his watch‚ and her husband sold his watch (his prized possession) to get combs for her hair. They end up with a gift that they can’t use. In the story‚ O. Henry display a character‚ Della‚ who is affectionate‚ devoted‚ and selfless. All though the gift of the
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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 stories that were written at that time‚ 1905‚ by great writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar
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valuable possession to gain money. The author creates the theme that when two people are in love people will give up anything for their loved ones. In the story the author uses the characters dialogue to prove the theme‚ for example when Della’s husband came home Della said “Don’t look at me that way I cut off my hair and sold it because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present.” This shows love for her husband because her hair was her most prized possession and she
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for love and saving love by doing sacrifices can be 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
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going to be purchasing them as gifts this year. They are just focused on and concerned about buying each other the gift they believe is the perfect gift. They want to show them how much they care about them‚ and even if it means turning in their prized possessions they will do that in order to purchase this gift for Christmas. It shows how hard of a time financially that Jim and Della were having. Della only had $1.87 to her name to be able to purchase her husband Jim the gift she wanted to for Christmas
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was actually made of a paste‚ a cheap substance that has the luster of diamond. In ’The Gift of the Magi’‚ Della forgoes her most prized possession‚ her long hair‚ in order to buy her husband‚ Jim‚ a Christmas present‚ a chain to accompany his gold watch which is purpoted that even King Solomon would be jealous of. The irony here is that Jim sells his most prized possession‚ his golden watch (the very same that Della bought the chain
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