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O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1905

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Essay Topics

1.

How do the narrator’s intrusive comments throughout the story affect your experience reading the story?

2.

Compare and contrast Jim and Della’s characters.

3.

How does the presumed setting (New York in the early 20th century) affect the characters and the plot of the story?

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