Jim and Della prove their love through foolish yet sacrificial acts for Christmas gifts. Della sells her beautiful long hair to buy Jim a watch chain, while Jim sells his pocket watch to buy Della combs for her hair. However, when they exchange gifts they find the gifts no longer make sense, as Della now has short hair and Jim's watch is gone. The story highlights the depth of their love through situational and dramatic irony.

1. "The Gift of the Magi"
Bismillah hirohmanirrohimmmm
Assalatuassala waala ashrofil anbia iwal mursalin
Wa ala alihi waasbbihi ajmain
Robbish rohlisodri wayasirliamri wahlul uqdatan min lisani yafqhu qauli
Yaa aiyulalazi na aamanu sollu alaihiwassalamu taslimaa…
Ittaqulllahhh. Innallah
Amma baq..
Assalamualaikum wbt
A very good morning to you sir.. hopefully this is morning or good afternoon or good
evening if now is afternoon or evening. Have a pleasant day with your family, work n
friends.. with everybody near you right now.
1st of all, I like to introduce my self. Im mohd fauzi b mohamad yazid. Class of BMMA,
PPG 2 Feb 12 intake. Im teaching BM before, so there must be many mistake here and
there but i`ll try my very best, sir..
Sir,
Today, im going to make a little presentation about a short sacrifices lovely story of a
young couple, Della n Jim title `The Gift of Megi`. Im going to ask 3 questions to myself

2. n me myself will answer that questions.. little bit funny.. right.. but nevermind.. its just
part of my assignment..
My 1st question is…
Q1:
In "The Gift of the Magi," how did Jim and Della prove their love for each
other by their foolish acts?
Answer :
Jim and Della prove their love for each other in a highly ironic manner. In " The Gift of
the Magi," written by O' Henry, the newly married couple, Jim and Della, do not have
much money, but want desperately to get each other gifts for Christmas. Jim and Della
do not place stock in material things, as having each other to love is gloriful for them.
But, because they want to make each other happy at Christmas, they each,
unbeknownst to the other try to find ways to give each other something special, It so
happens, that respectively, both only have one material item each that they love. For
Della, it is her beautiful long hair, and for Jim, it is a gold pocket watch handed down to
him from two generations. The only issue is that Jim does not have a chain for his
beloved watch, and so Della has an idea on how to get one for him for Christmas. She
cuts off her beautiful long hair and sells it in order to buy Jim a platinum chain for his
watch. Ironically, Jim decides to buy Della an array of beautiful hair combs for her lovely
hair. There, is situational irony at its best. When they go to present their gifts to each
other, they can only look at each other in amazement. There is Della with not enough
hair to wear the combs, and Jim with no watch on which to put the chain. Their love is
so abiding, that their acts only serve to reinforce how deeply they love each other and
what they sacrificed to make each other happy. In the end, what they did only made
their love stronger. The story has biblical imagery and metaphor as well.
Thank q to myself. This is quite a good answer.. taken from internet I guest.
Yes.. im..
OK now, we go to my 2nd qstn.. hope I can answer this qstn.. its ok if I pick any answer
from internet too.
Thank you me myself..

3. Here the qstn..
Q2.
Della's most cherished desire is to purchase a Christmas present for Jim
that is "just a little bit near to being worthy of the honour of being owned
by Jim." She has endeavored to save her...
Answer :
Fate plays very important role in our lives. sometimes what we want to achieve we
cannot achieve just because it is not written in our fate. this happens to every man on
earth so with jim and della. della wants to buy an expensive gift for her husband but her
fate could not allow her. she then again becomes the victim of her fate when she sells
her precious hair though she does not want to. jim too is the victim of fate because he
sells his precious watch to buy a gift fr della. at the end fate seems cruel when we come
to know that both cannot use their gifts. so they do according to their own plans and
then fate upsets their lives.
Thank u.. looks like you already understand the story fully.. right..
No lahhh… I just only read it.. as I told me b4.. its all internet business..
Ok.. im not going to waste my time, so I`ll go straight to my last qstn to me..
Good.. carry on.. its already 4 pages..
OK.. marah Nampak… listen carefully…
Q3.
What types of irony are in the story?
Answer:
James Dillingham Young and his wife Della are a young couple who are very much in
love with each other, but can barely afford their one-room apartment due to their very

4. bad economic situation. For Christmas, Della decides to buy Jim a chain which costs
twenty dollars for his prized pocket watch given to him by his father. To raise the funds,
she has her long hair cut off and sold to make a wig. Meanwhile, Jim decides to sell his
watch to buy Della a beautiful set of combs made out of tortoise shell for her lovely,
knee-length brown hair. Although each is disappointed to find the gift they chose
rendered useless, each is pleased with the gift they received, because it represents
their love for one another.
The story ends with the author/narrator comparing the pair's mutually sacrificial gifts of
love with those of the Biblical Magi:
"The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to
the Babe 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 of
all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as
they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi." That all. Thnk u.
Oh, what a wondefull lovely answer..
Tq tq.. but I asso didn’t understand whats are the meaning of some words.. hehe..
My bonus qstn is.. are u n ur spouse also a megi…
Errr.. hey.. its already 3 qstn what… its enough for this assignment. No need another
tricky qstn.. key..
I know it’s a hard qstn n u may keep that answer to u r self..
OK.. sir.. that all from me.. n a lot of thanks to myself for answering all 3 qstn..
Thank you.

5. Wanillahitaufiq wal hidayah…
Wassalamualaikum wbt..

6. Wanillahitaufiq wal hidayah…
Wassalamualaikum wbt..