The Gift of the Magi shows many ironic aspects. How Della adores her hair‚ thinking so highly that no queen jewels could ever match the beauty of her hair. Or how Jim thinks his watch is so priceless that no king could ever have such a jewel‚ but when wanting to show their affection to one another they sell their priceless jewels just to find out that they each sold their priceless jewels to get something for one another. One a comb for the now missing hair‚ the other a golden chain for the now sold
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early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks‚ policemen‚ waitresses. Among his most famous stories are: Gift of the Magi‚ The Cop and the Anthem‚ The Ransom of Red Chief. Gift of the Magi O. Henry´s short story Gift of the Magi presents a beautiful Christmas love story. It´s about a young couple who sacrifices the most valuable things they got in their home. Della the “mistress of the house” decides to buy Jim a chain
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astonishment. This literary element give a story the ending that it needs in order to be remembered. Irony comes in many forms‚ and some are more surprising than others. In the short stories‚ “The Censors”‚ written by Luisa Valenzuela and “The Gift of the Magi”‚ written by O. Henry ‚ irony is the main literary element and the two stores have similarities and differences. “The Censors” takes place in the country of Argentina‚ where there is a dictatorship. In this dictatorship everybody who sends letters
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Would you save someone who is very close to you even if it is illegal? In The Adoration of Jenna Fox‚ by Mary E. Pearson‚ Jenna gets into a horrific accident. In an accident so severe as this one‚ most people would have been killed or crippled for the rest of their lives. Jenna’s parents‚ Matthew and Clair Fox‚ take the choice to save her. They basically remade Jenna into a new one. This was dangerous and illegal but they thought it was the right decision. I also very strongly think that saving Jenna
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Literary Analysis Final Mccaffrey Billings “Will you buy my hair?” In the story “The Gift of Magi” two loved ones are in a scramble to find money to buy their loved ones a gift‚ they each sell their most 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
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never had so many pieces of cherished art been produced. Two examples of Renaissance paintings are Cigoli’s Adoration of the Shepherds and Moretto da Brescia’s Entombment. Both paintings posses the attributes that were popular during the Renaissance period which I will now contrast and compare. Both paintings focus on the life of Jesus‚ but at different times in his life. The Adoration of the Shepherds shows us Christ soon after being born. Cigoli chose to depict when the shepherds arrived to
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and the sacrifice that is put into place during a life or death situation. The first type of sacrifice is to surrender for the one’s you love. To sacrifice something for someone your love has to be strong. For example‚ in the story “The Gift of the Magi”‚ both the woman and the man give up something they had for one another. The woman sacrificed her hair to give buy her husband a watch chain‚ and the man gave up his watch to purchase the woman some combs. Even though this story ended ironically‚
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The gift of magi is a love story of the well-known American writer- O.Henry in which the true love is challenged by the poverty. The love of Della and Jim is apparentlty revealed by the ways they think for each other‚ get ready to sacrifice the most valueable possessions for each other. Especially‚ the devotion of Della is the evidence of intense love she spends for her Jim. Della’s love demonstrates partially Shakespear’s point of view. No matter how poor the living condition is‚ it can not
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Jenna knows there’s a piece missing‚ and she knows if she watched every tape of her early life that her parents show her‚ that piece will still be missing. In the book‚ The Adoration of Jenna Fox‚ by Mary E. Pearson‚ a girl is strangely awoken from a coma feeling lost and confused. She lost her memory in an accident that killed Jenna’s two closest friends‚ Kara and Locke. When Jenna woke up‚ she was completely unaware of this but knows that something horrible happened. When curiosity motivated Jenna
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The short story The gift of the Magi‚ by O.Henry‚ is a story of poverty and depression and how a great love overcomes it. The conflict and the setting create the intense suspense in the story. The main conflict in the story is poverty. Della does not have enough money to buy her husband a Christmas present and Christmas was a day away. She was thinking of every possibility of how to get Jim a present. At last she decided to give up her most prized possession. In the book it says‚ “Now
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