Sacrifice In The Gift Of The Magi By O. Henry

In the two stores, “The Gift and the Giver” by Brent K. Ashabranner and Russell G. Davis and “A Rich Man’s Son” the authors discuss the importance of giving to others and showing gratitude for the gifts received.

The gift of the magi story written by O.Henry and the film adapted by sesame street are the same in the way that they both had to trade something to give to someone special.Della and Jim didn't have enough money to buy each other gifts so they traded something so that they can give to each other,"One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's.The other was Della's hair"(Henry 2).Ernie and Bert had to trade paper clips and rubber ducky.Another similarity that they had was that the sales person,the person that was selling the stuff knew that they traded something special to give to someone special "Now there

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

The Magi story and the Sesame street video are similar and different in a variety of different ways. Something the video and the story have in common is that all of the characters are poor, and cannot afford a Christmas present for one another. While comparing both the video and story, we can see that all of the characters care about each other so much, they are willing to trade their most prized possessions to put a smile on the other person's face. When contrasting the video and the story, you can see that the setting and characters from the video are from sesame street, while the couple in the Magi story are very much human and it is taken place in an older time. A distinction between the video and the story might be what their prized possessions

Almost everyone, at some point in their life, has faced a situation in which they have had to choose between two things that they truly want. This common ordeal is met by the main characters in The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry during their pursuits of happiness. The fact that the characters must surrender something important to them in order to achieve happiness, shows that you can not have everything you want, therefore suggesting that sacrifice is necessary for happiness.

The Gift of the Magi and Sesame Street Video are very similar. In both of the story/videos they sacrifice very important belongings of theirs, to get the spouse/friend a gift for Christmas. In the gift of the Magi, Della cut off almost all of her hair to get her husband a watch fob, Della's husband Jim got her combs for her hair. The Sesame Street Video, Bert exchanged his paperclips for a soap dish for Ernies rubber ducky, But Ernie exchanged his rubber ducky for a box for Bert to put his paperclips in. Both of them had to sacrifice their belongs because neither of them had a lot of money to buy their spouses/friends a gift.

The book “How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth” by Gordon Fee is a very helpful book to help me to understand the Bible. The book talks about everything from the interpretation of God’s word to the translation to the new and old testaments. There are 13 chapters that all one by one add as you read to your knowledge on how to understand what the Lord’s word is saying.

The poor were not simply objects upon whom donations were bestowed but, as Duffy stipulates, were expected to play a critical role in helping their benefactors achieve salvation. Utilising Mauss’ anthropological model of gift exchange, the poor as the recipients of charitable works were engaged

Philip Jenkins was born in 1952 and is currently the Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University and Co-Director for Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for Studies of Religion. He is also the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University. He received Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1978. Jenkins is a contributing supervisor for The American Conservative and composes a month to month section for The Christian Century. He has also composed articles for Christianity Today, First Things, and The Atlantic.

What is sacrifice? What does it mean? The Gift of the Magi has many examples. These specific examples show some of the

What is sacrifice? What does it mean? The Gift of the Magi has many examples. These specific examples show some of the

The gift of gold coins put in the stockings in the story of St. Nicholas represents helping others in need and giving without expectation of receiving in return. (Fagan,

Meanwhile on the ground, the older Magus, dressed in expensive clothing and jewelry made of gold is kneeling in front of the Virgin Mary and Jesus. He had removed his hat- the giant red hat laying on the ground across from him- as a sign of respect. He is carefully holding the small feet of the newborn Savior and admiring him. His second companion is right behind him making his way to the baby while carrying a golden chalice as a present. He is wearing fine embroidered expensive textile and a red cloak. Following him, the youngest of the Magi is carrying another present made of gold with one hand and removing his turban with the other, while waiting for his turn to see the newborn babe.

In the story The Gift of the Magi and the video sesame street there are many similarities and differences. The story and video are alike because they both have sold something they loved. However they both gave presents to eachother. While the story and video are similar, they have a lot of differences, too. In the story the girl gave her hair away to someone else. And the girl bought a plotinum fob chain to a boy. In the video Berk trade a ruber tuckie for a dish soap so he could put the ruber tuckie in there. Ernie got a surgeni so Berk could put his collection of paper clips in the little box. For example, both the story and characters that are delightful however, in contrast Berk and Ernie gets there objects back, while Della and Jim do

Religious beliefs soon formed new values as the importance of gift giving became a ‘tradition’ among religions. In most religions helping others who could not help themselves was already a steadfast belief. As people’s values of wanting to help and give to others started to intertwine with the calendar holidays many people started to look for newer and better gift ideas for their loved ones and soon strangers as well. Christian’s predominantly could be found buying minuscule little gift items, such as notebook paper, pencils, and ribbons, for the homeless children, their families and the poorer community that could not provide for themselves during the holiday seasons.