In the short story‚ "The Gift of the Magi‚" written by O. Henry‚ Mr. and Mrs. James Dillingham Young are in for a big surprise. At Christmastime‚ they each make a sacrifice that is hard to bear‚ but the results show that it pays off. The hard trials they must endure make them realize that unconditional love is more important than material possessions. Since Jim and Della live in a dilapidated flat‚ they obviously don’t have a lot of money. In order to give a gift‚ each one sold his or her most prized
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Commentary on ‘A Gift’ by Rahila Gupta The story is an interior monologue that traces the feelings and emotions of a relationship between two women. It is a very reflective piece or work that is written in first person narration. We are not aware of the identity of the narrator. The title of the story contradicts the story. A gift is given to someone out of happiness and that which has good memories that which stays with a person forever. But here the story is called a gift which is very sad
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The Greatest Show on Earth‚ directed by Cecil B. DeMille was nominated for Best Picture by the Academy Awards in 1952. It is about a circus team that tours the world by train with performances all over the country. Brad is the manager of the Circus and is dating Holly‚ one of the trapeze girls. The conflict in this story comes about when Brad chooses Sebastian‚ an arrogant trapeze artist‚ over Holly for the center act I have rated this film through the following criteria. It had to have interesting
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What is the significance and nature of Cain and Abel’s gifts? What was the basis of their acceptance or rejection? Gen. 4:1-6 v.3 (AKJV) And in process of time it came to pass‚ that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD. v.4 (AKJV) And Abel‚ he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering: v.5 (AKJV) But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth‚ and his countenance
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My greatest fear came to me in the form of reoccurring dreams and visions that I experienced while sleeping‚ dreaming‚ meditating‚ and reading the bible. The fear was formed from several visions I experienced about the Armageddon War from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. It was very strange that my dreams and visions were a far cry from how the preacher described the Book of Revelation and the Armageddon War at church. My dreams and visions had distinct elements shared not only in Christianity
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possesses. These characteristics help my father endure through all the challenges of his life‚ and he therefore has a great influence on me. My father influences me by instilling education in my life‚ serving his community‚ and teaching the importance of health and fitness. My dad instills the importance of education and motivates me to try my hardest. My dad symbolizes more than just a man who has brought me into this world; he has become an emotion or energy that I can feel inside of me always. He is
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Leonard Byrd Mr. Baxley English 100-08 July 14‚ 2013 A Gift from My Dad It was around the time that my father was going to turn 60. He became very ill. He had moved to Asheville‚ North Carolina. He asked me to come see him. I went‚ and he explained that he had the Agent Orange Poisoning and it was causing all his internal organs to shut down. He also said that it would only be a few weeks before he would probably be dead. I sat there emotionless. He asked me to stay with him until he passed
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in his film was Banksy’s presence. Banky is working and Terry videos. Banksy seggested Terry to make a documentry with these videos. After 6 months Terry come back with a film but Banksy did not like the film that Terry was made. "Exit through the gift shop" is a sotry of a character that Banksy made it. The interplay of the devices used to record and that which is being recorded include: · Form Use of natural properties of the medium · Cinematography In this documentry film Terry’s Camera
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of 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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When reading the poem “The Gift Outright” by Robert Frost I was intrigued by how it came across. When reading it through the first time‚ it gives off the sense of an ancient people who were one with nature and watched the world change around them. More specifically‚ I believe Frost was at first referring to the Native Americans. The first few lines give off that ancient connection of man and nature that does not really exist today. It goes “The land was ours before we were the land’s / She was our
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