Gift Of The Magi Essay

Practicing virtue, is to Socrates, the key to being “an admirable and good man” (527d). Cyrus’s most prominent act of virtue is his constant generosity. As a famous conqueror and ruler, Cyrus receives many gifts of treasures, money and even women. However, he takes little for himself and rather distributes it to his generals and soldiers. For Cyrus, “laying up a store of gratitude with a brave man” is far more valuable than material goods (8.3.26). In addition…

As educators, we understand the value of reading aloud. It provides students with opportunities to increase their own fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. However, for some students it’s a terrifying event. Flash back to my third grade reading group. I was sitting next to my teacher. She had called on me to read aloud to the group. I began reading, but just I started several students (not in our group) were causing problems in the class. I continued to read and finished my passage.…

my love for you”. Jim, shocked at what she did gave her the present he bought. It was combs that she had been dreaming about. He told her that he sold his watch to pay for her gift. Both Della and Jim sold their most prized possession to be able to make the other happy. They both ended up not even being able to use their gifts, but they wanted to show gratitude towards each other on one of the biggest…

The painting that I chose for my visual analysis term paper is Adoration of the Magi, Gherardo di Jacopa Starna, c. 1405. The artist was born in Florence, but came to be an artist in Spain. The painting can be found in the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. The painting was a gift to the museum in 1952. This paintings focus is on the mother and child, which I assume is Jesus and Mary. All the figures are standing in a line facing the father, mother, and child. There’s a man kneeling to the…

The world has changed much in one hundred years: women are standing up for themselves, children are changing the world, but still the works of three authors, Mark Twain, O. Henry, and John Steinbeck, have stood the test of time and stand strong as classic books of the twenty-first century. These authors’ unique styles are the reason they are hailed as amazing writers of classic literature. Mark Twain's style is very distinct because of the stylistic elements he uses. One of the main elements he…

well I know that music hath a far more pleasing sound.” (Shakespeare 9-10) This piece shows how he still loves her even with her flaws. In today’s society, people want to be with the prettiest or the smartest person, but nobody is perfect. In “Gift of the Magi”, the two protagonists…

him with food and money, she gave him multiple spiritual gifts, including equality and trust. She offers him cleanliness and self-esteem. As they share her dinner and cake together, Mrs. Jones tells Roger, “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son- neither tell God, If He didn’t already know. (Hughes 90)” Mrs. Jones had made…

Personal opportunities / challenges -  Memorize the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God. You most likely learned them when a child; it is time to give yourself a refresher course. The Ten Commandments can be found in the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus, Chapter 20, and the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 5.  Find a copy of the movie “The Ten Commandments” staring Charles Heston and live the book of Exodus in living color. Witness God’s interaction with sinful man. The movie is usually…

Out of the two stories I read “story of an hour” by Kate Chopin and “gift of magi” by O Henry, “the story of an hour” most effectively employs the use of irony. Chopin’s brilliant ways of using the irony in the story was the main reason why his readers can’t always predict the path of the story as they are constantly can’t be sure of the twists and turns it will take them to. In "The Story of an Hour", there are lots of instants when the irony took its place in the story. One of these…

Formulating an opinion out of a first impression is wrong, stopping to analyze things in depth can and will prove this. Della and Mathilde, respectively from the stories The Gift of the Magi and The Necklace, are, indeed, characters with very diverse characteristics overall. As someone proofreads the stories they seem to have quite different priorities and ways of achieving their goals. For such reason the tendency is to develop the idea that they are not alike at all. However, that's only a…