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Tag: The Gift of the Magi

The Gift of the Magi – Analysis

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

It would be difficult to find a reader of short American fiction who does not have at least an acquaintance with O. Henry’s story “The Gift of the Magi.” This story, penned for the Christmas edition of a weekly magazine, is essential O. Henry. It is as synonymous with his name as its technique of…

The Gift of the Magi – Literary Devices

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Point of View  In “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry uses a folksy narrator to tell the story of Jim and Delia Young, a poor young couple who buy each other special Christmas gifts, which ironically cancel each other out because Delia sells her hair to buy Jim a chain for his watch, which…

The Gift of the Magi – Themes

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Love  Love, generosity, and the various definitions of wealth and poverty are central themes in “The Gift of the Magi,” in which a poor, loving young husband and wife sell the only valuable things they own to give each other special Christmas gifts. Delia Young sells her beautiful hair to buy Jim a platinum watch…

The Gift of the Magi – Characters

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Dell  See Delia Young  Jim  See James Dillingham Young  Madame  See Mme Sofronie  Mme Sofronie  Madame Sofronie, the only character in the story other than the Youngs, owns the local hairgoods shop; in the early 1900s, when this story was written, wigs were made of real human hair. She has a small role in the…

The Gift of the Magi – Story Summary

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Delia and Jim Young, the main characters in “The Gift of the Magi,” are a young married couple with very little money. Jim has suffered a thirty-percent pay cut, and the two must scrimp for everything. On the day before Christmas, Delia counts the money she has painstakingly saved for months. She is dismayed to…

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