How Do Mrs. James Make A Gift To Jim

In "The Gift of Magi," Della and Jim sacrifice their prized possessions for each other and for love. Irony is represented in this story when Della and Jim both get each other gifts that mean a lot to each other. However, what they did not realize is that when Della cut her hair to to buy Jim a chain for his watch, she was unaware that Jim was going to sell his watch to buy her combs for her hair. The irony of their gift exchange is monumental as their unconditional love for one another took over for their own personal possession. Jim exclaims, “I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first." The magi which are described as wise men also signifies irony because Della and Jim's presents were more than wise. They represented that a gift does not need to be expensive to have value. A gift can be more meaningful just by the thought.

This leads to her idea of selling her most prized possession: her hair, to get Jim his present. Meanwhile, Jim decides to sell his most prized possession which was a pocket-watch that was passed down from his grandfather to his father and then to him. He sells that watch and buys Della a set of beautiful tortoise shell combs for her hair. Thus leading to the use of situational irony in which they both receive gifts for something they gave up in order to give the other a gift.

During the winter his wife, Mae, hears that the gas and electricity will be turned off so she moves the kids to a relative's house. This angers Jim very much so he sucks up his pride and asks an old boxing buddy for money to

Janie’s second home helped her learn that love cannot be bought with gifts. Jody was a successful man; he had become Mayor of Eatonville. Even thought Jody bought many gifts for Janie he was no better than Logan at affection and love. Jody was a sexist and disrespected women. He restricted Janie’s freedom out of jealousy, she would only go out for work or chores. The only reason she stayed with him was that she didn’t have many options. “but he is something in my mouth He’s got tuh be else Ah aint got nothing ‘tun live for. Ah’ll lie and say he is. If ah font, life wont be nothing but uh store and uh house”. She had to lie and fake her love for Jody except when Jody had died, she mourned the loss of him and had mix feelings but she cherished her freedom as a widower. After several months she wanted to go back to her birth home but remembering she had no more family to go to, she didn’t know what to do and that transitions to her final

The two verses of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County are very similar. If you look at the two you can find many similarities. As well you can find many differences. You most of the differences are very easy to see. There are differences in characters.

She moves into a new home with her husband, John. She describes the new home as a “colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house” (Gilman). Her description of the home is a negative feeling she has towards the house. The description of the home being haunted shows her terror because she sees it as an imprisonment. In this home, there is a yellow wallpaper in the room she is staying in. She describes the wallpaper, as “the color is repellent, almost revolting; a shouldering unclean yellow” (Gilman). In this wallpaper, she tries to see the figure out the patterns and comes to find a woman. In comes to conclusion that she is living life like the woman in the wallpaper. In the statement, “And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody can climb through that pattern, it strangles so; I think that is why it has so many heads” (Gilman). She empathizes with the woman in the wallpaper because they are both in pattern that they cannot break through. The pattern being in a home that feels that haunted and with a man that watches every move and empowers her through her

She knows the Mrs. McGrath will try to scam the people, but Nora catches her in the act and makes her feel guilty by telling her that with her “little accident there the way your hip pressed against the paper and you didn’t even know the paper was pulled down a bit.” (67) Nora through her sincerity helps out Angela who is currently struggling with getting over the grief of losing a child. The Italian grocer was also a stranger who took pity on the McCourts and did an act of good deed by giving them “bag o’ fruit. I don't give it to you I trow id out” (32). The grocer does this act of kindness just for the sake of helping them out. He even gave them credit so that they don’t go to sleep on a hungry stomach. Altruism is also developed into the theme: altruism causes the strengthening of family bonds. When Malachy Sr. brings home the box of chocolate, the piece of chocolate Frank got had a nut in it. Although his younger brothers were originally complaining about not having a nut, when Angela told them the nut will help his eyes, they say that “If I had another nut I’d give it to him for his eyes.” (271). The concern Frank’s brother have for Frank further develops altruism causes the strengthening of family bonds

Heather O’Neill portrays the narrator with a sad tone throughout her essay in order to seduce readers to feel sympathetic towards the young woman. The narrator often recalls certain scarring event which occurred,

The mood in the beginning is sadness and disappointment because they are poor. It turns to excitement when she is scrambling to buy Jim a present after she gets enough money. At the end of the story it is happiness and love because even though the gifts were pointless It didn't affect them. The suspense was most showed when Jim saw Della with her hair cut off and there was no way to find out what Jim was thinking. “A gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard” is a quote that displays Dellas outlook on her home with using dull words and making it sound like her home is the worst place ever (Henry

Out of frustration and anger, Jim attacks his father because he cannot get a direct and respected answer from his father. Jim needs guidance from his family because he does not want to be a chicken, a man who cannot face the other teens with honor. However, Jim receives no guidance from his family, and this is why Jim acts as a rebel without a cause. The destruction of a stable family expresses the issues that amount for teenagers and the continued pressure they face. Without the proper guidance from his family, Jim cannot be lead in the proper direction or feel that he has a true cause. He represents all teenagers that face distraught in their families lives. Reconciliation of the family only occurs at the end when Jim is near death and his parents realize their mistakes. His mother realizes her son is not perfect and that she cannot condone his existence. He needs guidance from his family to lead him through difficult things like teen pressure. As for his father, Jim receives the understanding that he did everything a man could do to save the life of Plato. Furthermore, Jim’s father assures his son that he can depend on him, that he will stand up with his

This story is a story that can touch any person that has had to gone through a heavy sacrifice or gave up something they so covet in order to enlighten someone else, especially during the holiday seasons. It is a short narrative that magnifies the intangible value of sentimentality and belittles the importance of physical offerings. Jim and Della equally appreciate the efforts each other made to make the other happy, despite

While chauffeuring Mr. Norton, a donor to the university the protagonist attends, the narrator drives to the log cabin of Jim Trueblood, a “sharecropper who had brought disgrace upon the black community” (Ellison Ch. 2). The two then learn that Jim raped his daughter Matty Lou, who has become pregnant as a result, and that he has been shunned by the black community as a result. Jim’s actions against his daughter lead to Matty Lou and her mother, Kate, becoming “precarious women who knew little peace and happiness,” and were a “necessary ‘evil’ that was the result of social circumstances” (Sistrunk-Krakue). Ralph Ellison portrays the two women as victims of misogynoir who have been left on their own by society. While the black community has rejected Trueblood, it does nothing to help Matty Lou, Kate, and their children leave Jim, and leaves them dependent on the man they fear and resent. Their condemnation is best apparent when Mr. Norton gives Jim $100 dollars to buy his children toys, but barely acknowledges Kate or Matty Lou, and leaves without addressing their situation. Unfortunately, they are not the only black women taken advantage

Della is willing to cut her gorgeous and flowy hair so that she can afford a Christmas present for her husband Jim. Della’s hair is admired by everyone, but she would have felt guilty if she did not get Jim a present. When Jim is standing before Della and her shortened hair, she gives him a fob chain. Also, Della explains to him that she, “couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving [him] a present” (Henry 264). Della has an altruistic disposition whereas Madame Loisel has a selfish and greedy personality.

Mathilde and Della are not rich and they both want something that they cannot have. Overall Mathilde wants to be rich, but in particular she wants a nice outfit for the ball. For her dressing up like a rich woman is a satisfaction for her desires. Della wants to buy a nice gift for her husband. She thinks that her gift is meaningful for her

The story opens with the narrator that is later introduced to the reader as James, an eight year old boy with an awful toothache. James tries his best to conceal this from his Auntie and mother, Octavia. James truly admires his mama, however he has the misfortune awareness of the poverty that his family suffers from. He is so gravely aware of the situation that he tries to conceal his pain for a weeks span, only confiding in his younger sibling Ty.