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Love can teach many different concepts including giving and caring, these help nurture people into being happier individuals as a whole. It causes people to have a positive outlook on life creating many more opportunities for people. Oranges by Gary Soto and Gift of the Magi by O. Henry discuss themes of giving and caring. The individuals in the story are usually more cheerful and content regardless of how dire their situation is. Oranges ties the theme of sacrifice very well throughout the poem using a kid that is trying to impress a girl buy taking her on a little date. He is then posed with the dilemma of having to pay for the chocolate she has picked with a nickel and a orange that he was saving for later, “I fingered A nickel in my pocket, And when she lifted a chocolate That cost a dime(Gary Soto lines 30-33)”. The author uses imagery in this line to show that the boy is distressed and worried by saying he was …show more content…

One of our characters names is Della she is in a hassel looking for a present on christmas for her husband Jim, but she is on a very small budget she goes to the extremes to come up with money to treat him. “Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “I buy hair,” said Mrs. Sofronie. “Take your hat off and let me look at it.” Down fell the brown waterfall ( O. Henry pg 2)” The author uses imagery calling the hair a brown waterfall to emphasise the length and ripples of the hair which are two very desirable traits in hair, but she is willing to drop it all in order to have money to buy her beloved lover Jim something nice for christmas. This is true love and shows that she really cares for Jim. Like Gary Soto, O Henry portrays a similar view on sacrifice showing that you should sacrifice something you love in the name of another

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