Give and Receive
As I’ve read the story “The Gift of the Magi”, I found it slightly funny. It’s because they buy things as gifts for their loved ones but these gifts are just wasted. These are wasted just because the things intended for the gifts are the ones they sold just to buy the gift for each other. They loved each other very much. That’s why they found ways like this.
If I were in the situation, I may feel angry to myself for what is done. It is very disappointing to have this kind of situation especially like them who are said to be very poor. Della sold her hair just to buy a fob for the watch of her husband Jim and Jim sold his watch just to buy a comb as a gift for Della. But it is also funny to have this situation since they strive hard for nothing. It is only my opinion since I haven’t encountered this kind of situation.
For the people who encountered the same situation, they commonly got angry to the person intended for the gift since they thought that it was just a waste of money to buy things for nothing. That is why I learned in this story how life is being set to us by God. There are times that because of our wish to have a certain thing, we cannot think of others how and what he or she wish to give to us. Sometimes, we sold our possessions to buy a gift for our loved ones without thinking that our loved ones have something to give intended for our possessions just to make us happy.
If I were in the situation, I may feel angry to myself for what is done. It is very disappointing to have this kind of situation especially like them who are said to be very poor. Della sold her hair just to buy a fob for the watch of her husband Jim and Jim sold his watch just to buy a comb as a gift for Della. But it is also funny to have this situation since they strive hard for nothing. It is only my opinion since I haven’t encountered this kind of situation.
For the people who encountered the same situation, they commonly got angry to the person intended for the gift since they thought that it was just a waste of money to buy things for nothing. That is why I learned in this story how life is being set to us by God. There are times that because of our wish to have a certain thing, we cannot think of others how and what he or she wish to give to us. Sometimes, we sold our possessions to buy a gift for our loved ones without thinking that our loved ones have something to give intended for our possessions just to make us happy.
Analyze a certain story based on any of the following literary theory:
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2. Affective Theory
3. Objective Theory
4. Reader Response Theory.
Your analysis above is more of a reader response, nice start but to make it more academic you may try to analyze using other theories. It would tell you how deep is your understanding in literature.
Keep up the good work.