Moral Theme In The Gift Of The Magi

“The Magi as you know, were wise men-wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the newborn Christ-child, their gifts were doubtless wise ones.” Mr. and Mrs. Dilligan (Della and Jim) ended up giving each other very meaningful and wise. Mr. and Mrs. Dillingham Young were poor and had little money to buy each other a gift for Christmas, Which was tomorrow. The couple was wise enough to come up with a way to give each other a gift. In O’ Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” the theme of the story is that a gift must come from the heart to be meaningful, the couple shows that in view of the fact that they both are poor but figures out a way to give each other a gift, Both sacrificed something that was very valuable to them. Mr. and Mrs. Dillingham

Della started to think about what she had done to her hair and was worried about what Jim would think about it. Jim arrived and Della quoted “Please God, make him think I’m still pretty.” When Jim stepped inside he looked strangely at Della, a facial expression she could not understand that filled her with fear. Della starts crying to Jim and quoted, “don’t look at me like that. I had my hair cut off and sold it. I couldn’t live through Christmas without giving you a gift. Della was very brave to cut off her hair just to be able to give Jim a gift. Jim went inside his coat and took out something tied in paper. He threw it on the table then quoted “I want you to understand me, Dell. Nothing like a haircut could make me love you any less. But if you’ll open that, you may know what I felt when I came in.” When Della finds out what the gift was she starts tearing up. The story quotes “ For there lay the combs Della had seen in a shop window and loved for a long time. Beautiful combs, with jewels, perfect for her beautiful hair. She had known they cost too much for her to buy them.” This shows that Jim also bought a gift he knew would mean a lot to Della, this gift came from the heart owing to the fact that Jim sold his watch to get the