Gift Of The Magi Essay

was a very famous short story writer back in the 18-1900’s. His stories were known for the surprise endings. Recently I was assigned an unusual but very interesting assignment in my English class: to take a look at 2 of his short stories ‘The Gift Of The Magi’, and ‘The Last Leaf’, and do a compare and contrast essay also using 3 literary devices. Professor taught us to be very careful with how you write this essay, so after spending hours reading the short stories over, I’ve come up with 3…

At some point in life, everybody has had dreams, hopes for the future, whether it be as a child, teenager, or adult. In the novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck and the short story “The Gift of the Magi” written by O’ Henry, hope is used as a theme and plot device driving the story forward. However different, in these stories the theme of hope/achieving goals can and is seen, George and Lennie's hope to have a better life vs. Della and Jim’s hope for a nice Christmas, how they go…

deception with a plot that he called “turning the tables on Haroun Al-Raschid,” the caliph from mingle with the common people. His strategic writing techniques and ideas led him to the use of these themes in The Gift of the Magi, The Last Leaf",The…

How does someone know that their obsession with something is too much? The short stories “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Necklace” can help people understand. In their respective stories, both protagonists face a conflict that is tied in with their desires. The two characters from their respective stories, Della and Madame Loisel, share many similarities. However, when the two are compared based on their personalities, they have different weaknesses. In short, Della cares for her husband while…

LITERARY ANALYSIS O. Henry’s short story “The gift of the Magi” takes us on a journey through a few days of the life of a poor young couple. The setting here is Christmas in the 1905 while the conflict is in buying gifts for each other. O. Henry exposes the emotions pertaining to the whole ideal of gift giving at Christmas with the help of these two in love. The abstract emotion of love is elevated in the story through the pain inflicted in sacrifice. The sacrifices the two of them make for each…

“I would give you up for all the money in the world.” This quote gives the reader a central idea of love expressed in both texts. The story “ The Gift of the Magi” by O.Henry and the poem “ To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet, use the theme of love to express their dying love for their spouse. The author/poet use their writing to talk about love from their perspective. O.Henry and Anne Bradstreet approach the theme of love through their characters thoughts, emotion, and Language…

THE AUTHOR: GUY DE MAUPASSANT Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August, 1850 – 6 July, 1893) is a French writer who has written many poems, novels and short stories in his lifetime. But he is most well-known for his short stories, in fact considered as one of the fathers of modern short stories. He served as role model for O. Henry and Somerset in respect to his clever plotting of story. His stories paint a fascinating picture of French Society of 19th century. He generally wrote about…

Emily Daniels Mr. Musick “The Gift of the Magi” is about Della and Jim. They don't have a lot money and it's about Christmas time. It's a tradition where you give gifts. They wanted to buy something nice for each other but they didn't have money too. So, they take it upon their self to sale their self the buy sell one of their most valuable items to buy each other a gift without them each other knowing. What they valued about each other and bought something for they sold. Loving someone…

important message to show and teach about moral fortitude and attitude. For the story the “Gift of the Magi” the love of a couples have for each other and “Hills like White Elephants”, A white elephant symbolizes something no one wants. Compare the hill and symbolically of the baby. I choose “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway’s the story is set at a train station in Spain. And “The Gift of the Magi” O. Henry took place in the window of Sofronie Hair goods the short story has all…

make for love and what are the consequences? In “ The Gift of the Magi” written by O.Henry and “ The Bass,the River, and Sheila Mant” written by W.D. Wetherell, the authors show society’s view of love and individual's view of love. In “ The Gift of the Magi” the main conflict is that they both want to buy each other gifts but they can not afford them.The conflict is resolved when they both sell something of their own to buy each other gifts. In “ The Bass,the River, and Sheila Mant” the main…