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Exposition Dénouement
Inciting Incident
Resolution
Exposition/Inciting Incident
Event that
• Introduced Jim and Della
introduces the
• Tomorrow is Christmas
central conflict
• They are poor Inciting Incident
• Jim & Della love each other
Resolution
• Got $20 for hair Della gives Jim the chain & Jim
• Searches for present gives Della combs for her hair.
• Buys chain for watch/cost $21
• Della fixes/curls hair before Jim
comes home
Dénouement
Dénouement
It is stated that these two were wise like the magi, because each
sacrificed their most valued treasure for the other.
Plot Elements/ Climax
The story is told by an outside Narrator, not a character from the story. This story is
written in 3rd Person Limited point of view. The reason I chose this point of view was the
narrator focused on Della throughout the whole story and the reader moved along with
Della. This allowed the reader to know what she was doing throughout the story.
Examples of 3rd person are “Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the
glass” and “Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which
they both took a mighty pride” and “Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present.” Some
exceptions to the 3rd person narration are, “introduced to you as Della” and “perhaps you
have seen a pier-glass” which are both examples of 2nd person narration. Despite the few
exceptions of 2nd person narration, I was still able to determine the narrator is using 3rd
Person Limited. The tone of this story could be described as compassionate and
sympathetic. One example to show this would be when the narrator directs the reader
away from Della to let her gradually subside from her crying. This is a compassionate act
by the narrator to allow Della to regain her composure, and this shows the narrator has
sympathy for her. The narrator can be considered reliable based on the fact that the
information is not biased.
Theme
Wisest are those who put others first & are willing to
sacrifice for someone else.
To uncover what the theme was for this story I used clues
the author provided in the text.
The title of the story “The Gift of the Magi” makes me think
of presents and wise magi.
Throughout the story the two most valued things(hair and
watch) were repeated symbols.
Della and Jim learned that they would each give up their
most valued treasure for the other.
Conclusion