Part one of term paper
Love in "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace": Is it Worth the Hey! Over here! I read a few short stories and I would like to tell you a little bit about how they compare and contrast. The stories are: “The Gift of the Magi,” by O. Henry, and “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant. “The Gift of the Magi” centers around a cou ...

Part two of term paper
... run down, shabby flats in big cities. The apartments were dark and dreary, which symbolized something bad might happen. These were both times of depression where there was very little money around, so there were many other couples like them. In the beginning, Della is counting her money and crying, which shows she was very poor. Mrs. Loisel often cried a lot, like Della. She cried about not having enough money and about the invitation her husband got for her. Both husbands had similar jobs, bot ...