The gift of the magi

Christmas Eve for Della.all she had was a dollar eighty seven.that was all of her

Bonnie Croom Final Exam

Tomorrow is Christmas and Della is clueless on how to get more money. She's been saving her money one and two pennies at a time. Della only has one dollar and

Carlos Martinez Final Exam

The mainidea of this stor is love is more important then material possesions. This story proves it well because as a poor couple living in a flats, they sacificed

Jocelyn Machado Final Exam

This story is about two people who love each other very much. It is Christmas time and they want to give each other a wonderful present. The problem is that they don't have much money. Yet thyey don't want to not give their loved one a present. So they have to give something up.
Dell the wife of Jim, wants to give him a nice present. She only has one dollar and eighty seven centssaved up. And Dell really wants to give him something that he'll like. The thing is that the only valuable thing that she has is her hair. She would have to sellit but Jim really loves her long beautiful hair.
Jim on the other hand has a pocket watch. This pocket watch was the most valuable thing he hyad. It had been passed from two generations. It was a gold pocket watch and he adored it. Now Dell knew this very well.
She then decides to cut off her hair and sells it. She earns enough money to get a nice present for Jim.

Tania Mendoza Final Exam

There was this girl named Della. She was living with a guy named Jim in an apartment they call a flat. Christmas was coming up and Della only had one dollar and eighty seven cents to buy jim a christams present. Della has been wanting to buy a platinum chain for Jims golden watch. She needed alot more money to buy that present for jim.

Della went out and saw that there was this store that said they bought hair. Della's hair was long and beaiutiful. so she decided to go in and ask to buy her hair. The lady gave her 20 dollors for it. Della quickly said yes. she went off to search for the gift for Jim, now that she had enough money. when she had found it she bought it and took it home.

when della got home she did her hair and got everything ready for when Jim came home. Della was worried that when Jim came home he wouldnty like how she would look. she prayed that he still thought she was pretty with her new haircut.

Jim came home with a very serious look on his face. Della rushed to him and told him not to look at her that way. That she had cut her hair for she could buy him the christmas present.

Eric Batres Final exam

This story is about sacrifices for love. I know I wouldn't cut my hair to be able to buy the love of my life a present. After only having one dollar and eighty-sevent cents as her budget twords her husbands present she decides to do something jurrastic. At first She feels deppresed about not being able to buy him anything nice. she had been saving her money for monthes and all she had was still one dollar and eithy-seven cents. From reading the story I could understand how important her hair was to her. You could tell how precious it it was for her she talks about being able to makeing a queen quiver in envy twords her hair.
Della feels as if they are trapped with in a sittuation of poverty because they can't afford anything nice due to there small income of twenty dollars a week. Most of what they make a week goes to pay for rent wich is eight dollars per week. Her husbands most prized posession is a watch that his been in his family for three genarations.

Storm Kelly Final Exam

The theme on "Gift of the Magi" is on a special moral we should all remember. Love is more important than gifts and money. If you have a significant other all you should do is shower them with lots of love and not lust. Della and Jim are a perfect example of this web we all get into when we find the one we love. You feel you should give up what's important to you, so you can buy them something you think they'll adore.
In the story Della doesn't have enogh money to buy Jim something. Day after day, penny after penny she saves up. In the end she's left with one dollar and eighty seven cents. Desperation comes over her and a brutal decision creeps up on her. She hastly goes to a women who's willing to buy Della's beautiful, and knee-length hair for a hefty price of twenty dollars. Her hair is what is important to her, and what makes her the lovely person she is, and what Jim also likes about her.
Jim's greatest possesion is his stunning gold watch. Which happens to belong to his grandfather. Jim loves his wife's cascading brown hair. So he wants to show his love for her with a set of tortise shell combs. He knows Della has been admiring the combs for some time now. So he sells the priceless, family heirloom to buy the lust and not the love.
The moment comes to exchange the precious gifts. Each gift was rapidly thought of. Extremes were made to get the two gifts that signify the lust they both want to show eachother. In the end the gifts were worthless. They gave away their greatest gifts of love, in exchange for consumer material.
So the moral is never let lust, and consumer products get in the way of how you really feel for a person. If you have nothing to offer in the form of gifts, don't sell something that you value such as hair and a watch. Give your greatest gift that doesn't include money or wrapping paper. Give your gift of love, after all it's wrapped up in a neat little package setteled in your heart.

Alejandro Ramirez Final Exam

The theme of "Gift of the Magi" is to give up your prize possesion for your loved one if you have to. Because Della has been working but she has only $1.87. And thats not enough to buy a gift for Jim. Well she does for a ok gift for Jim. But wants a very good present for Jim not just any present.

But Jim has no money neither but he has his gold watch his prize possesion. So Jim has to sell his gold watch. And he does and he gets some combs. And the set of combs were for Della, her present. But he lost his gold watch for the set of combs.

So now Della needs to get, find Jim his present. But she only has $1.87. So she shaves her hair and in return she gets the platinum fob chain. But she does not know that Jim does not have the gold watch anymore. And Jim does not know that Della has no hair.

Both of them now gave up their prize possesion to get gifts for one another. But they dont know they dont need that anymore. Like Jim bought Della combs but Della has no hair. And Della has a platinum fob chain for Jim but he has no longer have the watch.

So its time to exchange gifts and they open them. And Jim gave Della combs and he saw that she had no hair. And Della gave the platinum fob chain to Jim but he didnt have the watch anymore. But they loved each other so much they gave up their prize possesion they did it for love

Jose Ramos Final Exam

The theme of the story"Gift of Magi," is a story about a couple Della and Jim, who are struggling to make money, and Christmas was coming up. Della wanted to buy Jim a special gift that he would love.But the problem was she only had $1.87 cents, not enough to buy a gift.So she was thinking of ways to make money.
They both had prized possessions. Della had her beautiful long hair and Jim has his gold watch. For a while now Della wanted combs for her hair. But she also wanted the perfect gift for Jim buy kept on remembering she didn't have money and was running out of time. So she deiced to do something extreme.
So after all this was happening she deiced to shave her hair of for $20.00 dollars. After she got the money she ran of and got Jim present which was a platinum chain to go with his watch, but at the same thing she was wondering how he would feel about her shaving her hair and wondering if he would still love her. So she waited.
While she waited she would look in the mirror for long periods of time hoping Jim would still love her and not be upset. trying to fix the damages she took out hair curlers and tryed to look better. So she just waited for Jim to come home and was worried.
Before she knew it she was face to face with Jim. Jim just stood there wondering what had happened. Hoping Jim wouldn't mad she started to explain that she wanted to buy him a gift but didn't have the money so she shaved her hair of. Then she gave him the gift he opened it then sat down. she asked what happened and he told her he had sold his watch to buy her, her combs and then she just sat there and wondered. So the the theme was not to ever let money come between your love.

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''gift of the magi'' summary


Della want to buy him a gift-saved her money for Jim

Della cut her hair-Jim didn't want her cut her

Jim was a very busy man-Jim always travel

Jim was angry at her -Jim was angry at her becuz she cut her hair

Della buy him a pare of combs-Della boted him a exspenise combs


the theme of the story was a girl who wanted her stepdad to like her .so she went to town .Too the town squre so Della so Della went inside the Mme Sofroronie Hair Goodsof All Kind.Della say to the lady will youbuy my hair?she got twenty dollars for Jim's gift but Jim doesn't know that della cut her hair .On christmas day Jim was angry at her .He asked her why did you cut your hair she told him that it grows fast but still her stepdad was still angry at her .Della gave him a set of combs for him when he opened he was happ y the new pared of combs she told him again my hair grows fast .But Jim was so happy that Della cried so it was a good christmas.

Blanca Rivera Final Exam

Della had a boyfriend who she liked alot. It was December 24, and she only had $1.87, to buyJim a present. Della had a very long hair that reached below her knees. She was standing by the window when her jacket and her brown hat went out the window.

She ranned out to get her jacket when she heard a man saying "hair good of all kinds", and Della asked would you buy my hair and the man looked at her hair and said $20, and she saled it for $20.

Della had now $21.87 tobuy Jim a present. She looked in every store but couldn't find anything to buy for Jim. When she saw a platinum fob chain, which only costed $21. She went back home with 87cents.

When she got home she gave a reason for having her hair cut off and rapidly went to work she waited for jim to showup at her work. Her hairtiny close-lying hair that made her look like a truant schoolboy.

Then finally Jim showedup , he looked thin and very seriouse. He didn't said anything when finally he threw Dellas present on the table. Della opened her present which he had worked all day for. He bought combs. She told him to open his gift and he saw he bought him a chain for his watch. But he had sold it to buy Della her combs.

Don Louis Cruz Final Exam

Gift of the Magi is a story that takes place in the 1900's where a couple is in a financial flat before Christmas. Della, a beautiful long haired woman, wants to get her husband, Jim, something for his gorges watch on Christmas but only has $1.87. Jim has an idea of what Della wants but doesn't seem to have enough for Christmas.
Its Christmas eve and the couple head out in different directions hoping to surprise the other with a gift worthy for each other. Della walks the streets and passes by a salon that buys hair for wigs. She gets her hair cut to where she is like a Coney Island chorus girl and sells it for $20. She comes home waiting for the arrival of her night in shining armor Jim.
Jim comes home and sees that His beautiful long haired wife Della, no longer has long hair. Della reasons out why she had cut her hair hoping that Jim will stop looking at her in that blank face. Jim laughs and explains why he had that face and handed her the present. In excitement she opens the present and is in awe.
It was the combs used in Broadway that she wanted. But her hair was cut too short to use the combs. She gives Jim the precious metal she bought with the $20 and watches the expression on his face. He chuckles for he had sold his gorges watch to buy Della the Broadway combs. So when the night was through Della and Jim both slept with things that are useless but there meaning is fulfilling.
At the end the author writes,"The Magi, as you know, were wise men-wonderful wise men-who brought gifts to the baby in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here i have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days, let it be said that all of who give gifts, these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gift, such as they are the wisest. Everywhere they are the wisest. They are the Magi."

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GIFT OF THE MAGI

Well the magi gril sad that if she did not iook perity then she will rothe in heal with the person that did this to her she wold not have came back into town she have to kill us all she wantid to cum back to the hotal but she did not do shush a thang she wanted to have a wonger full time bun the gay did not let that happenshe wanted to look perty for the gay that she was going out with she did not plane this to happen to her but she hade nothin in her life she did not she huct her selff but evey thang did not go to plane.

so will you want to plane me NO you cant your just a reagaty pesoin yes you are you punk you want to learn how tou be cool no you cant be cool you want to lison to my mastaks no you nont you want to pass high school you gont want to tell a store you cant do enythang in my life you want to be a better person so dont let that get you down you sun of a cunt you will not be cool if you want to be sucsefull in your life you dont want to smook you want to pass high school

coll thangsd will happen to you if you aply your selff you cant be so cool you want to be sosefull in your life..

Justin Ruedy--Final Exam

As the story begins the narrator is explaining how a young woman, Della has only $1.87 for her husband, Jim's Christmas gift. While she is putting herself through misery and guilt she figures to sell something of her's worth something. She decides to sell her hair.

She sells her hair at a local beauty salon for $20. She searches throughout the entire town for hours and turns it inside out. At last she finds him the perfect gift. A platinnum fob chain for his most prized possession; his gold watch he inherited from his father.

When Della gets home she panics and worries of what jim will think of her hair. Ina hurried frenzy she curls her hair in hopes to trick her husband so that he won't notice. After the preparations she starts dinner.

When Jim comes home he seems a confused mess. It appears like his head is somewhere else as Della is explaining the short hair. When jim finally zones in Della explains the story again and jim presents her with a gift; the set of brushes and combs she had been adoring for weeks. In turn Della gives him her gift, the fob chain. upon receiving this Jim explains that he sold the watch to afford the combs.

At the end of the story the narrator tells about the wise men. They were the ones who started christmas gift giving. Their gifts, like Della's and Jim's, were wise ones. This was Gift of the Magi.