“The Gift of the Magi” O. Henry The following entry presents criticism on O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi” (1906). INTRODUCTION “The Gift of the Magi” (1906) remains one of the most recognizable and frequently anthologized stories in American literature. In its time the tale was extremely popular‚ both commercially and critically‚ and O. Henry was called the “Yankee Maupaussant.” Today the story is considered juvenilia and has not garnered much serious critical attention. “The Gift
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A Special Gift A customer has planned to go to the gift shop named “Samanikalo” to buy a special gift for her daughter. The salesman and the sales girl is dealing with the customer to choose a better gift for her daughter. The conversation begins as follow: Sales Girl : Hi‚ madam. How can I help you? Customer : I want to purchase a gift for my daughter to give it on her birthday. Sales Girl : How old is she? Customer : She is just nine years old. It should be something special and unique
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A design of the promotional gift Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen. I’m Jackie Lee‚ designer of a company. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to participate in this competition to introduce my promotional gift design. The goal of my presentation is to introduce my promotional gift design‚ silicone watch‚ which is for my company. Firstly‚ I will introduce my company background and the reason of why I have a qualification to participate of this competition. Next‚ I would like to talk about why
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Roni Bradley ENG 101 MW Research Paper 2 April 2012 The Special Gift That Could Change the World Imagine being in the hospital because both kidneys are not working properly. Imagine the doctor having to explain that it is life threatening unless one kidney is replaced. At this point it is terrifying the many things that must run through the patients mind. Who has a big enough heart to give up a kidney in order to save a life? Who is selfish enough not to care? Although it is a very stressful
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THE GIFT OF LOVE “LOVE IS A TREASURE FOR WHICH WE CAN NEVER PAY…THE ONLY WAY WE KEEP IT IS TO GIVE IT AWAY…” Mr. Hamilton admits that he had mixed feelings. As he waited for the arrival of Jason Stevens‚ he realized that it was the end of their year-long odyssey of discovery. Mr. Hamilton was confident about the future Jason had before him. Mr. Hamilton felt that he would be losing his lifelong friend‚ Red Stevens. Mr. Hamilton had learned in that transformation‚ that he went through along with
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The Gift of the Magi In the short story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry I feel that there is more than one theme that can be seen through the story‚ that of love‚ giving and sacrifice. The theme in a story is a representation of the idea behind the story. (Clugston‚ 2010) The main idea is that the best gift is that which is most sincere and comes from the bottom of the heart instead of an extravagant‚ lavish possession that would bring nothing to the warmth of the human relationship. The author
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The Gift of the Magi Valery Taylor ENG 125 Prof. Matthew Norsworthy April 30‚ 2012 The Gift of Magi In this short story‚ The Gift of Magi‚ O.Henry focuses mainly on one most important theme which is selfless love. In this writing‚ whose title is an allusion to the gift of the three wise men to Jesus when he was born‚ the writer clearly shows the value of personal affection and the true meaning of giving gifts. In short‚ the main idea is that the best gift is that which is most sincere and
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The Ultimate Gift Jason never really liked his grandfather. He was never there for him. Soon‚ the grandfather died. He had lots of money‚ but he gave none to his family. He only made a video for Jason so that he could give Jason the ultimate gift. First‚ Jason learned the gift of work. He learned to put all he could to what he had to do. We sometimes don’t always put our best foot forward and we need to remember to appreciate the gift of work. Next‚ Jason learned the gift of friends. He went out
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America’s Gift To My Generation America’s gift to my generation is freedom‚ America is now a symbol of freedom. Ever since July 4‚ 1776 America has been free. The most recognized laws for freedom in America is the original ten amendments. The first amendment states that you have the right of freedom of speech. That basically says you can’t say whatever you want and you can’t be criminalized for it. That is one gift America has given to my generation out of many. Another amendment probably the most
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English Comp II 11 December 2014 The Gift of Love: the wisest of all. Written in the first decade of the twentieth century‚ “The Gift of the Magi” is one of O. Henry ’s most famous stories. It is included in The Four Million‚ his first collection of short stories‚ published in 1906‚ and has been anthologized many times since then. According to Kathleen Wilson‚ ("The Gift of the Magi." Short Stories for Students) the story contains many of the elements
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