Love is like a cupid arrow, it can end up in many places. “The Gift of the Magi” a short story by O. Henery, models a theme through direct and indirect characterization with two characters, Della and Jim Dillingham Young, who reveal the everlasting theme of love. When we are first introduced to Della through direct characterization, she gets an idea that could her more cash to buy her Jim a worthy present she has been struggling to find for Christmas Eve; selling her breathtaking hair to Madame Sofronie. The speaker informs, “...with a brilliant sparkle still in her eyes” (Henery 96). This illustrates that Della gets a grand idea because she has a brilliant sparkle in her eyes that make some people think an idea is elaborating. Della later
