Examples Of Sacrifice In The Gift Of The Magi

Love requires sacrifices to maintain the love for one another. You’ll do anything for the one you love. Your world should revolve around them because that’s how important they should be to you. In the story The Gift of the Magi, the couple made sacrifices for each other in the name of love, just as couples still do in real life in today’s day and age. In the story The Gift of the Magi, Della and Jim made sacrifices for each other, because of the love they had for each other. Della made the sacrifice of cutting off her precious hair that she cared so dearly for, to buy her beloved husband a platinum fob chain for his wrist watch. Jim also made a sacrifice. He sold his wrist watch that had been in his family for many years to buy Della

Some may not be as big as others, but they’re sacrifices none the less. Even in the story it shows it. They didn’t have to sell their prized possessions for each other, but it wouldn’t have felt right if they didn’t get gifts for each other. Another example, not from The Gift of the Magi, but it’s a real life example. Paul Douglas Gray made many sacrifices in his life for his children and grandchildren. Throughout his life he made countless sacrifices for his family because he loved them more than anything in the world. So he did anything to keep them happy and have the best life he could give them. For example, one of the non-major sacrifices, he had to sell his prized possession. He had to sell his 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, which had been handed down to him from his father, to help pay for his daughter 's college tuition. He also had a ranch which he raised them on, but had to sell his horses to pay for his other daughter’s college tuition. Also, his daughters were allergic to his dog that had been with him his whole life. So he had to give him away, even though his dog was the last thing that reminded him of his parents. So even though not all of them were that big of a sacrifice, but he still made sacrifices for his family because he loves them. Another person that made a lifetime of sacrifices for the people she loved, is Gwendalyn Lopez. She had to quit her job and leave her house to live

Even though he isn’t alive anymore, he can still see his little brother’s ghost. (Titanic, Charlie St Cloud) In the story The Gift of the Maji by O. Henry, the couple made sacrifices for each other in the name of love, just as couples still do in real life in today’s day and age.

Love requires sacrifices, and a person is expected to do anything and everything for the person that they truly love. No matter how big or small, whether the sacrifice is difficult to recover from or if it’s insignificant. The fact is, you will make sacrifices for the one you love. It’s inevitable. In conclusion, knowing all of these things coming from many different situations, the fact is that if you can’t make sacrifices or expect make sacrifices for the one you love, then maybe there wasn’t any love at