The Eight Themes that O'Henry uses are:

The Eight Themes that O'Henry uses are:

Beauty :Della is worried that Jim won't think she is beautiful with

short hair, but Jim loves her for more than just her beautiful hair

and how she looks. If you really love somebody, they are beautiful no

matter how they look.

Family :Jim and Della are husband and wife and they love each other.

Jim's watch was given to him by his father and has been in his family

for many years. Still, he sacrifices it out of love for Della.

Giving :Della and Jim both feel that it is important to give nice

gifts to each other to express their love.

Identity :Della learns that Jim loves her for just for being herself,

not because of her hair or the Christmas present she buys him.

Wisdom :Della and Jim were wise because they were willing to make

sacrifices to show their love for each other.

Sacrifice :Both Della and Jim give up valuable possessions so they can

buy Christmas gifts for each other

Money :Della and Jim sell valuable things to get money to buy gifts

for each other, because they are poor.

Love :Because Jim and Della love each other, there is really no need

to :prove their love by buying gifts for each other. Love is the

greatest gift

The Gift of the Magi :Special allowance for a period of translated

fiction will probably have to be made in the history of the 20th

century Russian literature, just as it had to be done for the Russian

literature at the beginning of the 19th century, when work done for

the Russian literature at the beginning of the 19th century, when work

by a Russian author was a rarity. Perhaps this is not so much in the

context of history of literature as in that of the history of the

Russian reader and publisher, granted the possibility...

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relationships is stating that relationships are tough because even

though Michael's wife told him she don't want him looking at other

women he still does, but he knows that he have to sacrifice that to

saved his marriage.They are similar because thier both about married

couples, where one of the couples make a sacrifice to make the other

happy such as Michael gives up looking at other women to make his wife

happy in "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses". Della have hair cut to

buy her husband a present in "The Gift of The Magi". Their different

in the way their story lines are told and the way the problems are

solved. I think in both stories it was good that couples made

sacrifices because it shows what love is really about.

O. Henry said "There are stories in everything. I've got some of my

best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands."