The Gift of the Magi
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- "There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it."
- Exposition:During this part of the exposition, Della was upset she didn't have enough money to buy Jim a present for Christmas.
- “Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. "I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take your hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”
- Inciting Moment:Della decided she was going to cut off all of her hair, and sell it to the salon for twenty dollars.
- “If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do—oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty–seven cents?”
- Rising Action: After Della got home from the salon, she started preparing dinner for Jim, counting down the minutes until he came home. She was nervous about how he would react to her hair.
- Climax: Della after a long wait, approaches Jim, with her new haircut, waiting for what he might say.
- His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.
- “Jim, darling,” she cried, “don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cutoff and sold because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present.
- Falling Action: Jim reacts to Della's dramatic haircut and they both realize what they sacrificed for each other's gifts.
- . Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it.” Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
- Resolution: Della and Jim decided not to give each other the gifts because they were too precious.
- “Dell,” said he, “let’s put our Christmas presents away and keep ‘em awhile. They’re too nice to use just at present.
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