The gift of magi: why is della upset at the beginning of the story?

Della is upset at the beginning of the story, because she did not have enough money to buy her husband, Mr. James Dillingham Young, a Christmas Present. As stated, "One dollar and eight-seven cents...", it can infer that they are:

1) Poor, to the point of poverty

2) Money is tight, and they have little to spare for extra condiments

3) Their marriage was not built on monetary value, but on love.

This leads Della to look for ways in which she can buy James his coveted watch chain. Now before we continue, we must note that in paragraph (11), it is noted that the "two [most prized] possessions... [are] Jim's gold watch... [and] Della's hair." Later on, you will follow Della, as she sells her prized possession (her hair), to buy James the watch chain that he wanted.

We continue to the climax as Della waits impatiently for James to come home, and when he comes home, Della is happy, but is stunned when James looks at her weird. Soon we find out why James was sad, in that he bought combs for Della, and that with her prized possession gone, she could not use it straight away. On the other hand, Della is surprised, because James sold his prized possession (his watch), to obtain the gift for Della. In the end, we can see that there is a theme of love and selflessness, and that one, in which giving away all, gains all.

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hine was able to receive a high school and college education.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)