The Irony of "The gift of the Magi" gives the reader the moral that the love that come with the giving of a gift is more important than the actual object received. All Della needed was $1.87 for her gift for Jim, but what she didn't realize was that it was the care, planning, and the sacrifice that went into getting Jim's pocket watch chain. She even went so far as to sacrifice her hair, her most prized possession, and sold it to afford the gift for Jim. Jim on the other hand felt just as strong about getting a special gift for Della. He in turn gave up his pocket watch, a family heirloom, in order to afford hair clips that Della could not use without her long hair. At the end of the story the author relates to us that, "But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said th

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