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AMC 12-U12 reading

by Clara Chen
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reveals genuinely ornamental comparison deserves desperately despite financially sacrifices distressed Though luxurious known physical glee accessory stunned While wealth and rifling lessen

It is Christmas Eve , and a young woman named Della sits in her small apartment , counting money . She's to find that she has hardly a cent to her name , saving for months . Della's been hoping to buy a fine Christmas gift for her husband , Jim , but can't afford much of anything .
Suddenly , she's hit with an idea . Out of everything she owns , Della is most proud of her , knee - length brown hair . Yet she decides right then and there to sacrifice it so she can get Jim a worthy gift . She rushes out and sells her hair to Madame Sofronie , a wigmaker . Della wastes no time through the stores for a suitable gift . Soon , she discovers a treasure that could've been made specifically for Jim : a brilliant platinum watch chain . It's the perfect for Jim's dazzling gold watch , his most prized possession . Della spends all the money she has on the chain and takes it home with .
That evening , when Jim returns from work , he is to find Della has sold her hair . But then , he embraces her tenderly and tells her he loves her all the same . He then gives Della a set of hair combs that she's been coveting for a long time ? but now she can't use them ! Then , when Della the watch chain , Jim tells her he sold his gold watch to buy the combs . He smiles and suggests they put the gifts aside for now . The story ends with the author comparing the wisdom of the couple's loving with the wisdom of the biblical Magi , who gave their finest gifts to baby Jesus at his birth .

" The Gift of the Magi " is only a short story , it has become a classic among Christmas tales . The story was written in 1905 by author William Sydney Porter , best by his pen name O . Henry . An American short story master , O . Henry wrote witty stories with playful twist endings , often making use of comic irony . Other such examples can be found in his stories " The Ransom of Red Chief , " " The Cop the Anthem , " and " A Retrieved Reformation . "
" The Gift of the Magi " does have what could be considered a comic ending , it nevertheless communicates an important message about love and self - sacrifice . Despite their strained circumstances , Della doesn't resent or blame her husband for their poverty . Instead , she thinks highly of Jim , who she believes a very fine gift , and also resolves to save money on her own . Jim also loves Della , which shows in his reaction to her cutting off her hair . Though she worries he won't think she's pretty anymore , he tells her that no haircut could his love for her .
Another idea running through the story is the value of versus happiness . While Della and Jim don't have much , they're willing to give up what they do have in order to honor each other . After discovering that their gifts cancel each other out , they recognize that their relationship is worth more to them than the things they own . The of the couple to the Magi in the end refers not to the gifts they've bought , but to the way they give of themselves and affirm what they mean to each other .

 
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