"The Gift Of The Magi" And "The Necklace": Money And Its Control On People
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Did you ever want something but couldn't afford it? The short
stories, "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace", deal with two women's
struggles to make someone else happy and how fulfilling your own wants can
hurt you. The difference between these stories is how when push came to
shove, the way ....
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.... to buy her combs for
her hair. They both sacrificed themselves for gifts for each other.
On the other hand, in "The Necklace", the main character, a middle
class woman named Madame Loisel is selfish, greedy, and an uncaring woman.
Although she is beautiful, she only cares about money. In the story, she
and her husband are invited to a party. She has her husband spend the 400
francs he has saved for a gun, on a dress she wants to wear to the ball.
She also wants something beautiful to go with h ....
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