unknown to one another decided to sacrifice their precious possessions to afford to get gifts for each other. Della‚ Jim’s wife‚ decides to cut off her long hair to sell so that she can buy a platinum pocket watch chain for her husband watch and the husband sells his watch to buy his wife a hair comb for her hair. They both showed their great love to one another‚ but the surprising is that they both had the gift they did not need any longer despite their sacrifices. Question two: Explain how the ironic
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Connor Breaux Mrs.Malbrough 3rd hour November 15‚ 2012 “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” Compare/Contrast Have you ever read a short story and learned a life lesson from it? Well in one story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel looses a diamond necklace and replaces it with a real one‚ but the one she lost wasn’t real. The other story the “Gift of the Magi”‚ Della and her husband both don’t make a lot of money‚ but want to get each other something for Christmas. Both have to get rid of
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The definition of love is " a deep‚ tender‚ ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person." In "The Gift of the Magi‚" the two main characters possess a love for each other that is so strong that they are willing to sacrifice their greatest treasures for each other‚ with no regrets. Also‚ they do not obsess over superficial things like appearances. Therefore‚ the moral of the story is that it is not the material things that matter‚ it is the love you have for another person‚ and the
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In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry the two main characters are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. The story follows the wife Della throughout the day as she tries to find a way to get money so she can buy her husband Jim a Christmas gift. Throughout the story there are a lot of themes that are shown through Della and Jim’s actions. The three most important themes found in this story are sacrifice
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In O’Henry’s “Gift of the Magi‚” Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues‚” and in Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” one discusses the love they have is a healthy relationship. In 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
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believe that it will just happen.When in reality you must pursue and be determined to finish your job. Kids nowadays are lazier than ever and let other people such as their parents do every thing for them.In the texts “Flowers for Algernon”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and the movie “Space Jam” it is showcased that determination can lead to success. “Flowers for Algernon” shows many examples on how determination leads to success. Charlie who is a mentally challenged 37 year old‚ wants to be smart like everyone
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What one must know is that though people can change on the outside‚ their inner personality always ends up showing. In The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor vows revenge against a foe of his. His method is murder. While in The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry‚ Della is a beautiful woman who wants to please her husband and stops at nothing to accomplish it. These two very different characters do have something in common. Both Montresor and Della develop their personality into motives that
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relationship is the relationship between Jim and Della in “The Gift of the Magi”. They love eachother so much that they are willing to sacrifice their most prized possessions to make their spouse happy. Della cuts off her beautiful hair just to get Jim a gift worthy of making him feel loved. Jim sells his watch that was passed down to him through the generations to buy Della some combs for the hair that she treasured. Even when they discover that the gifts are not useful anymore‚ they still love each other.
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Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story of The Gift of the Magi Stephanie Denman ENG125: Introduction to Literature LaLeesha Haynes December 10‚ 2012 The short story The Gift of the Magi written by O Henry is written as a Christmas love story. O Henry portrays a picture of a humble couple who just wants to show just how much they love one another. As the story goes along it is apparent that the theme of this story is about love and the sacrifices of love. O Henry is brilliant by
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Suspense and Irony in “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Gift of the Magi” The two short stories “A Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe and “The Gift of the Magi” by O’ Henry were two short stories that showed the writing skills of their authors. O’ Henry and Poe were two writers from different time periods‚ but use the same literary techniques in their works. Irony is defined as “a contradiction between expectation and reality” and suspense as “the growing interest and excitement felt while awaiting
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