"India’s gift to World" Swami Vivekananda‚ the Hindoo monk‚ delivered a lecture Monday night under the auspices of the Brooklyn Ethical Association before a fairly large audience at the hall of the Long Island Historical Society‚ corner Pierrepont and Clinton streets. His subject was "India’s Gift to the World". He spoke of the wondrous beauties of his native land‚ "where stood the earliest cradle of ethics‚ arts‚ sciences‚ and literature‚ and the integrity of whose sons and the virtue
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us to understand what the theme of a story actually is. The theme of “The gift of Magi” is selflessness. Symbolism and Plot are two literary elements in this story that contribute to the theme. The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story (R.W. Clugston‚ 2010) To understand what the theme of the story is we have to figure out what the literary symbols are and what they stand for. “The Gift of Magi” tells a story of what lengths Della and Jim would go to make each
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E-GIFTSHOPPY Abstract: E-Gift Shoppy is a very important feature used in e-commerce to assist people making purchases online‚ similar to the US English term ‘shopping cart’. The business-to-consumer aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the most visible business use of the World Wide Web. The primary goal of an e-commerce site is to sell goods and services online. E-commerce is fast gaining ground as an accepted and used business paradigm. More and more business houses
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Summary “The Gift of the Magi” “The Gift of the Magi” is a wonderful short story. It is the brilliant story that shows the true meaning of selfless love that the author tries to let the readers to know from the Christmas gifts. It is not what the gifts are ‚ but the meaning behind the gifts is more important. This text is a story about Della and Jim Young ‚ a married couple with very little money. On the
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The Gift of The Magi and The Necklace writing assignment 5th period In these stories‚ the relationship between the Young’s and the Loisel’s are very different. The treatment in the relationships are different‚ also how each other feels about one another. The wives values are also different and husbands also. Although they have many differences‚ the two stories are also alike in many ways. In Della and Jim’s relationship‚ each of them value each other the same. Both care for one another and
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709 United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (For gifts made during calendar year 2012) Form ▶ Information OMB No. 1545-0020 about Form 709 and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form709. ▶ 2012 See instructions. 1 Donor’s first name and middle initial 2 Donor’s last name Sandy 3 Donor’s social security number Perry 123-45-6789 5 Legal residence (domicile) 4278 Red
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Response to ‘The Simple Gift’ By Steven Herrick The simple gift by Steven Herrick incorporates many of the key aspects that are related to belonging‚ and the negative effects of not belonging. His text demonstrates the simple passions of human nature and delves into the concepts of caring‚ simple kindness and a willingness to look past the exterior and accept a person for who they are. This idea of acceptance is shown clearly in Billy Luckett’s treatment of Old Bill‚ the homeless man who lives close
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character who is frequently sarcastic or dishonest might be a person who should not be trusted or who is going to harm another character.” Irony can also give you insight one what will happen in a story kind of like foreshadowing. Like in the book The Gift of Magi the two characters Della and Jim are very poor and what to give each other Christmas presents. So unknowingly to each other they both sell one of there most prized possessions to get the money. Jim sells his watch to buy Della a comb‚ yet Della
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Across the world‚ many people struggle with insecurities‚ of their money and love‚ taking over their lives. In the wonderful story “The Gift of the Magi” By O’Henry‚ Della‚ the thoughtful main character‚ is struggling with these same issues‚ but she then learns that love can be shown in many different ways. She learns this as she is trying to find a gift good enough for her husband‚ Jim. Throughout the story‚ Della shows many signs of her insecurities‚ but in the end she learns that there is no need
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necklace which doesn’t turn up and have to work hard to pay it off not knowing that the necklace is of little value. Contrariwise‚ in O. Henry’s short fiction “The gift of the Magi‚” the characters Jim and Della selflessly use the little wealth they have to buy each other a gift for christmas and then soon come to find out that their gifts were useless. At the end they see that their actions weren’t worth it and could’ve been avoided. The theme that these stories share is that love will force you to
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