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   Describe the situational irony in this story. What lesson about life and love do you think it teaches Della and Jim? 

  Posted by ramialam95 on Dec 5, 2009 at 09:55 PM

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  Look at the title of the story. What "gift" do you think O. Henry had in mind? How might it suggest a theme of the story?

  Posted by ashleys14 on Oct 27, 2009 at 05:47 AM

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   In the last paragraph O.Henry describes the magi, but why do you think he makes the allusion to the Magi in his story of Jim and Della?

  Posted by micalabelle on Jun 15, 2009 at 12:42 PM

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  In "The Gift of the Magi," what is the moral lesson of the story?  

  Posted by maezel on Feb 12, 2009 at 03:16 AM

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  In "The Gift of the Magi" How does O.Henry define wisdom?

  Posted by maya-r on Dec 30, 2008 at 08:21 AM

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  Poverty forces the Dillinghams to sell their dearest possessions. Eventually they become content, and earn the title "the magi." Discuss.

  Posted by javed on Jul 28, 2008 at 05:58 AM

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  How does Della manage to buy Jim a gift that she thinks is worthy of him?

  Posted by kristian0915 on Nov 20, 2007 at 05:40 AM

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  What is the theme of the story?

  Posted by crose37 on Nov 12, 2007 at 11:29 AM