The Gift Of The Magi Essays

Theme is a complex trait of fiction which requires more than one word to describe it. It is the gist of the story which reveals the vast meaning lying beneath the plot (Chapter 7). Accompanied with characters and the narrative techniques, it is narrowed into a main idea which eventually…

Imagine having only pennies to but being one of the richest persons in the world! This is the case in O. Henry’s The Gift of Magi. In his wonderful short story, the author, O. Henry, writes of a struggling couple living in New York City around the turn of the…