The Gift of the Magi (Remake) It was the day before Christmas when Della was walking through the shopping mall. She had recently been fired from her job at the KIA plant because she was blamed for something she did not do. She wanted to get her husband Jim something really nice for Christmas. Della looked in her pocket and pulled out some crumpled up dollar bills and coins; $3.65 to be exact. “Oh no‚” she thought‚ “What am I going to do with this?” Della looked up at the stores full of nice gifts
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after all: sacrifice and selflessness.”(DelaCruz) “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry is a short story about the selflessness of true love. Della and Jim are a poor couple on Christmas eve. Della cried about not being able to buy her beloved Jim a present with only‚ “One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.” She longed to get Jim a good gift but little did she know that jim would come home with a beautiful present for her. This story is filled with symbolism and irony to explain this hidden
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In the short story‚ The Gift of the Magi written by O. Henry the point of view is told in third person omniscient. According to our text‚ third person omniscient is when the narrator looks at the events of the story externally and relates to the characters. We don’t know how Jim feels about much of anything‚ but he still uses Jim to tell part of the story. The point of view in this short story is for the most part consistent throughout the story‚ but at one point in the last paragraph of
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buy happiness because money can buy things that you want but it can’t give you certain things that make you happy. In the two short stories that were read the characters will do anything to make the people they love happy. By doing this the reaction from the person they love gives them happiness. Money doesn’t buy happiness because the characters in the two short stories gave up what makes them happy to make their partners happy. This proves that money doesn’t buy happiness because by showing that the
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Cau 1: Why does O. Henry call his story “The gift of the Magi”? “The gift of the Magi” is a famous short story by O. Henry. It may be mistakento be a fairy tale when it is given that name. However‚ O. Henry calls his story “Thegift of the Magi” because he wants to emphasize the meaning of the gift and showhis love to the characters: Jim and Della. The meaning of the gift is emphasized in the story. It is the gift from the heartthat is more valuable than anything. O. Henry illustrates the meaning
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BIOGRAPHY OF O. HENRY O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. At age of 20 (1882) he moved to Texas‚ where he had various jobs. He married Athol Estes in 1887; they had a son and a daughter. His wife died from tuberculosis in 1897. In 1894 while working for First National Bank in Austin‚ Porter was accused of stealing $4000. He went to prison in Columbus
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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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Selfless Love‚ the True Gift of the Magi Kim Frazier ENG 125 Ms. Marvel May 2‚ 2011 Selfless Love‚ the True Gift of the Magi O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” is a timeless story of selfless love. At the beginning of this tale the reader is introduced to Della Young a wife who has saved every penny she can to get her husband Jim a wonderful Christmas present. Though she has tried to come up with more money all she had is a dollar and eighty seven cents‚ and she does not feel that this
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The story “The Gift of the Magi” Irony is the opposite of what’s expected. There are three type of irony‚ the first type of irony is verbal irony it can also be called sarcasm or being sarcastic. The next irony is dramatic irony it is when the author lets the reader into the secret. The third irony is situational irony and it is when no one knows something was going to happen. So in this case he used dramatic irony because we knew that Della cut her hair so she can buy a Christmas gift for Jim.
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“The Gift of the Magi” September 29‚ 2008 Prompt: O. Henry makes a statement about gift giving in his short story “The Gift of the Magi.” State what he says about gift giving and [discuss two ways he uses the story to make his statement.] In “The Gift of the Magi” O. Henry makes the statement that the wisest gift are those from the heart. He makes this point by [creating admirable characters] and by [using an allusion to the Magi.] [O. Henry’s statement that the wisest gift are
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