"The Gift of the Magi" Before You Read: Prized Possession

If you could save just one item from a disaster—a fire, a flood, an earthquake— it would be my brother's letter. Its important to me because he is not alive anymore. His letter is up on my wall and I look at it everyday before I go to school. Also, he was sort of my care taker. He put on my dipers on. He named me.  He also took care of me up until I was 7. He loved me deeply, and so did I. When I am older and have my own house or apartment I can put in my house. Its the most important thing I have with me.

Irony & Ambiguity Assessment Project

“The Gift of the Magi” - My Most Generous Gift.

Even though I did not sell my most prized possession like the characters in “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry to do so, I have given a generous gift. The most generous gift I’ve ever given is friendship bracelets. I gave these bracelets to all of my best friends. I know it may seem like it's nothing special but to me I think  it's very important, it lets them know that I really care for them. When I gave them the breacelets their faces lit up.  I designed them with pretty accessories. As soon as I gave it to them they put them on and hardly took them off. I was so happy that they liked them.

“The Gift of the Magi” - Surprise Ending.

When I finised reading “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, I felt shocked. I never would have thought that the ending would end like that. I think it's very cute that Della and Jim gave their most precious items away. Jim gave away his watch and bought combs for Della's was hair. Della gave away her hair and bought a chain for Jims watch. I was shocked I thought the story was going to end with Jim loosing the combs, or with Della loosing the watch. When they both got home they would tell each other that they lost the items and their chirstmas would be ruined. The conclusion of this story is that they did end up buying each other their gifts.