Pippa looked at the new laptop that was sitting on her best friend’s desk in her room. As she stared at it‚ a feeling of anxiety and bitterness came over her. She wanted one as well‚ even though she did not need it as her friend did. Her friend was a student in school and she had to do her homework on the laptop. She really needed the laptop for her work‚ unlike me‚ who only wants it because owning something like this looked so enticing‚ she thought. Pippa was struggling with a temptation that so
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O. HENRY (1862 – 1910) The American short story writer O. Henry was born under the name William Sydney Porter in Greensboro‚ North Carolina in 1862. His short stories are well known throughout the world; noted for their witticism‚ clever wordplay‚ and unexpected endings. Like many other writers‚ O. Henry’s early career wandered across different activities and professions before he found his calling as a short story writer. He started working in his uncle’s drugstore in 1879 and became a
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characters Della and Jim make a sacrifice for love. This sacrifice is giving up their most prized possessions to be able to buy to other one a Christmas gift. Jims states “I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs.” Della states “It’s sold‚ I tell you—sold and gone too. Be good to me‚ for it went for you”. Jim sold the most valuable item that he owned to make Della happy. Della also sold her most prized possession for Jim. They both made a sacrifice to make the other one happy‚ which is something
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Christian King Mr. Foster Bible 6 Feb 29‚ 2024 Understanding the Verse Galatians 2:20 talks about being united with Christ. God loved us and sacrificed Himself for us. We have been saved by faith‚ meaning Christ lives in us. You are living your life for Christ. My death in Christ means that the old me died. By faith‚ I am a new person. INTRODUCTION Galatians was written by the Apostle Paul by about 49 A.D. Galatians was written because the churches of that region were facing a theological crisis
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story of what lengths Della and Jim would go to make each other happy. They had two prized possessions which were; Della’s hair and Jim’s gold watch. Della sells her hair to buy Jim a gift for Christmas and Jim sells his gold watch to do the same for Della. All the while Della sold her hair to buy Jim a chain for his watch and Jim is selling his watch to buy Della combs for her hair. In the end the possessions mean nothing and it’s the feeling of making each other happy that
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Jim and Della make sacrifices for each other that show their love. Jim and Della have many financial troubles‚ but they still show their strong love for each other. Also‚ the watch that Jim carries around with him is one of his most‚ valued‚ prized possessions. Lastly‚ the irony shown throughout the story comes with a big twist. O.Henry projects the idea that love is shown through selfless actions by Della not having enough money to buy Jim a gift‚ a symbolic chain‚ and an unexpected twist of irony
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everything he can to keep his wife satisfied‚ which is a difficult task. He gets her an invitation to a very exclusive party‚ which is almost impossible to get‚ but she still isn’t happy. On the other hand‚ when Della’s husband sells his most prized 2 possession to buy her combs Della is appreciative and loves the gift. Although the women live in very related situations‚ they handle the situations very differently. Madame Loisel is all about the material things and although she has descent thing she
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2 © Government of Kerala tIcf k¿°m¿ 2012 Reg. No. cPn. \º¿ KL/TV(N)/12/12-14 2. Definitions.— (1) In these rules‚ unless the context otherwise requires‚— (a) “Act” means the Chit Funds Act‚ 1982 (Central Act 40 of 1982); (b) “Appendix” means Appendix I or as the case may be Appendix II to these rules; (c) “Assistant Registrar’’ means an Assistant Registrar of Chits appointed under section 61 of the Act; (d) “authorised agent” means a person duly authorised by a power of attorney executed and
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waste it chasing worldly illusions? History remembers those who do‚ not those who have. You can possess all the wealth in the world and yet be the poorest of all. For man’s identity stems from his emotions and his characters‚ not his mortal possessions. Of course‚ in today’s materialistic world‚ where success has become synonymous with the number of cars you drive and the amount of money in your Swiss Bank Accounts‚ it seems that to have everything is indeed what life is all about. Man has
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under the impression that it was God’s plan for his life. In response‚ Owen gave John his coveted‚ or most prized possession—his baseball cards. Having received this gift from Owen‚ John was puzzled. He discussed with Dan on what to do about this peculiar gift giving. Naturally‚ in response to receiving a gift‚ he decided to give one back to Owen. This time‚ John gave him his most prized possession—the declawed armadillo. This understandably brought about many negative emotions. He was confused and angry
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