Wednesday 7 September 2016

In "The Gift of the Magi" we discussed the value of sacrifice. Using the story or your own personal experience, do you agree with this quote:...

First of all, you need to examine the quote and form your own opinion.  Do you believe that sacrifice is giving up something better?  If you think so, here are some examples from The Gift of the Magi which show how the characters sacrificed by giving up something better, or something they valued.


Della treasured her long hair.  She needed money to buy a gift for her husband, Jim.  Della felt that she had no...

First of all, you need to examine the quote and form your own opinion.  Do you believe that sacrifice is giving up something better?  If you think so, here are some examples from The Gift of the Magi which show how the characters sacrificed by giving up something better, or something they valued.


Della treasured her long hair.  She needed money to buy a gift for her husband, Jim.  Della felt that she had no choice but to sell her hair to buy a gift for Jim.  She made a sacrifice because she believed that a gift for Jim was more important than her long hair.  Jim also needed money to buy a gift for Della.  He sold his special pocket watch to buy a comb set for Della.  He sacrificed his family heirloom because he believed that a special gift for Della was more important than it.

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