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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heaven came down…..but after they saw her crazy acts with her friends most people they are like ‘’what on earth is that child is doing? And think of her as the crazy girl but to me she is known as Anna Gabrielle Frances C. Flores and the girl with a character. She has been the light and angel to her parents since the day she was born. Gabby became a very responsible daughter to her parents and an enthusiastic person to her friends. A 14 year old girl who lives in Cablong‚ Pozorrubio‚ Pangasinan just
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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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Christ‚ 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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CahBaleigh Dunkleberger Mrs. Williams Creative Writing Character Sketch 29 September 2012 A Toddler for an Older Brother “Our siblings’ push buttons that cast us in roles we felt sure we had let go of long ago: the baby‚ the peacekeeper‚ the caretaker‚ the avoider.” This quote by Jane Merksy Leder describes my six foot two inches‚ oldest brother‚ Brad. Growing up in a household with six children‚ Brad‚ being the oldest‚ has always been the trouble maker. He is and always has been putting
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Character Sketch Kim Cowley Who would think that an old fragile woman would have such a feisty personality in her childhood? Yes‚ we are talking about the one and only Kim Cowley from the play script “Brother in the Land” During her time of youth‚ Kim was what every girl would wish to be. Throughout the play script‚ she has been described very determined‚ fearless and ambitious. The true characteristics of a great leader. When Kim was first introduced into the story‚ she was shown very wild and
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Character Sketch My friend Dominique is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together‚ we’re basically like sisters. We met on the first day of school when I was in the sixth grade and she was in the seventh grade. She was having trouble finding a class because she was the new student and she asked me if I could help her out. I told her of course I could because I was going to that class as well. When we got inside she whispered to me‚ “I’m kind of nervous because
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Character Sketch Hi‚ my name is Marcie and I just recently turned fifteen a few weeks ago. I’m a sophomore at a new school‚ and I have one sister who is a sophomore as well‚ but she goes to college. I moved from the big city of New York to the warm and sunny Huntington Beach‚ California this past summer because my mom’s job transferred her out here. Being the new kid at a different school can be very stressful at times‚ everyone already has their group of friends‚ and I sometimes feel like the
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In each of the stories stated there is quite a predicament. In O.Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” Della and Jim are both faced with a contradiction: they need to buy each other a Christmas present but do not have the money to do so. Both end up making sacrifices and it turns out that the presents that they got each other were for the sacrifices that they made. In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” Mathilde and Loisel also faced with a contradiction: they have lost a necklace that Mathilde borrowed
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story‚ “The Gift of Magi” by O.Henry‚ 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
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