"The Gift of the Magi" - I recommed It. ; )

In The The Gift of the Magi O.HENRY wrote about a

young couple that lived in poverty, but the essence about love, innocence, sacrifice mixing any kind of foolish give us a beautiful story inside a small mistakes. Anyway, Della and Jim got over the difficulties in their lives together. The narrator’s point of view about Jim and Della is base on this line “…these two were the wisest” because they sacrificed to each other. Therefore, their love was unconditionally. As Della and Jim were living in small flat, well-kept carefully and clear. The narrator describe all that things which belongs them as such as the mirror, the window, the kitchen, the table near the door, the stairs. Then, the narrator show us three points of view Della, Jim at last himself. Frequently the narrator makes interruptions with his opinions or thoughts.
The story explores Christmas Eve the day before the Christmas Day in New York City in the early 1900 hence give us a special atmosphere. There are connections between some biblical events and The Gift of the Magi, some elements were mixing in recent time. We can realize it the title and the story explore that allusion. In fact, the surprise ending is the most important event when both of them (Della and Jim) realized that the most important things isn’t the material gift but the love each other.

By Adriana Nascimento.

*This summary was produced to subject "American Literature II " in 2008.