“ The Necklace” and “The Magi” shares the common theme
Often people get gifts but after a while start to want something else. Despite this adage, some people actually love their gifts from other people. People might start to realize what they have and be grateful. “The Magi by O. Henry and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant illustrates the theme, that happiness comes from within not just from the materials. Putting other people's feelings first could go wrong because you could give something you truly value away to make people happy. A couple care a lot for one another. They care so much about each other that they give up their most valuable treasures to get presents for each other. For example the author exhibits Della’s sacrifice when she saves one dollar and 87 cents. That was all, sixty cents of it was in pennies. She saves her money to show her love to him. Author proves with these sayings, they unwisely gave up the greatest treasures of their house for each other. They assume that their gifts will show how much they love each other. They wanted to buy each other gifts for the holiday but, they didn’t have enough money, so they gave up both of their …show more content…
In this short story the wife only cares about herself and the husband loves and cares for his wife. As the author states she day dreamed about being rich. Her husband would say “Ah a good stew! There's nothing quite like it! She dreamed of fancy dinner parties”. She was not happy with how she lived. For example the author states, “ I’m embarrassed not to have any jewelry, I’ll look like a poor person”. She borrowed her rich friends necklace and lost it at the dance. Her husband ended up paying for it, by the time they payed it off they found out that the necklace was fake. Mathilde wanted to look rich, they couldn't afford it. Loisel gave her the money he saved for the gun. She bought what she wanted and still wasn’t happy and wanted
Often people get gifts but after a while start to want something else. Despite this adage, some people actually love their gifts from other people. People might start to realize what they have and be grateful. “The Magi by O. Henry and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant illustrates the theme, that happiness comes from within not just from the materials. Putting other people's feelings first could go wrong because you could give something you truly value away to make people happy. A couple care a lot for one another. They care so much about each other that they give up their most valuable treasures to get presents for each other. For example the author exhibits Della’s sacrifice when she saves one dollar and 87 cents. That was all, sixty cents of it was in pennies. She saves her money to show her love to him. Author proves with these sayings, they unwisely gave up the greatest treasures of their house for each other. They assume that their gifts will show how much they love each other. They wanted to buy each other gifts for the holiday but, they didn’t have enough money, so they gave up both of their …show more content…
In this short story the wife only cares about herself and the husband loves and cares for his wife. As the author states she day dreamed about being rich. Her husband would say “Ah a good stew! There's nothing quite like it! She dreamed of fancy dinner parties”. She was not happy with how she lived. For example the author states, “ I’m embarrassed not to have any jewelry, I’ll look like a poor person”. She borrowed her rich friends necklace and lost it at the dance. Her husband ended up paying for it, by the time they payed it off they found out that the necklace was fake. Mathilde wanted to look rich, they couldn't afford it. Loisel gave her the money he saved for the gun. She bought what she wanted and still wasn’t happy and wanted