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How Does Della Express Selflessness In The Gift Of The Magi

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In the Gift of the Magi, Della and Jim both want to express love for eachother by getting gifts. However, they each express selflessness when they sell something important to themselves in order to pay for these gifts. In the end, the gifts they buy have no purpose to the other since they were intended for what they each sold. The Gift of the Magi demonstrates a theme of selflessness because of these gifts. One irony demonstrating the theme is the gifts. Originally, Della originally had her long hair and Jim had his watch. Therefore, Jim had the idea of buying Della combs and Della had the idea of buying Jim a new watch strap. Neither person could pay for the gifts they wanted to give; so, in order to compensate for the watch strap Della

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