The Gift of the Magi by Ohenny

James and Della Young are the major characters. Some events is when she buy a watch fob after she sells her hair to Mme. Sofronie. Jim gets home and is stunned to see her hair cut. Jim gives della her present and she cries. Della gives jim his present and they are both stunned that they sacrifcied their valuable possessions to get each other a gift. The climax is when Della decides to cut her hair. The literary elements are understand situational irony and the surpise ending

 
  1. Title and Author 
  2. Major Characters
  3. Significant Events (at least 5-10 events) M.Loisel get invitation, Mme. Loisel get dress and borrows necklace, Mme. Loisel has fun at ball,Mme. Loisel lost the necklace, M and Mme. Loisel lok for necklace , M and Mme. Loisel take out loans and buy new necklace, M and Mme. Loisel take on other jobs and fire maid to make back loaned money 
  4. Climax; when Mme. Loisel realizes necklace is gone 
  5. Conflicts (Man v Man, Man v Self, Man v Nature, Man v Society, etc.) Indicate type and who is involved. Man vs self they have to make decisions whether or not to tell Mme. forestier and whether or not to make loans
  6. Resolution – How was conflict resolved?the couple decides to take out loans and buy a necklace to replace the lost on
  7. Theme – What is the message/lesson to be learned from the story??? Always tell the truth ??? dont be envious for what others have ??? be con
  8. Focal reading/literary elements – Story deals with what skills or literary elements?
  9. Relevant quote from the story.
  10. Your opinion of the story; like or dislike it? Why or Why not?
 
 1. Dr.King dream was for  all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning  
 2. Yes it did come true 
 3. because everyone felt bad for what they was doing 
 4. I know because i can sit in a class with carkansas 

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