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Gift Of The Magi Poverty

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Families around the world live in poverty but have riches that are not material. Many people don’t understand what rich in poverty means. In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O.Henry one of the main themes is that people can be rich in poverty. In real life situation you don’t necessarily need to be rich to be happy. Being rich in poverty is to be happy with the things you already have and not the things you want. For example, in “The Gift of the Magi” Mrs. Dillingham wants to buy her husband a worthy Christmas presents with just the $1.87 she has been saving from the twenty dollar he gets paid every weekend. (Henry1) She then conquer in tears wondering how she can afford a wealthy gift knowing she didn’t had enough money. “In brighter

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