'The Gift of the Magi'

'The Gift of the Magi' is a basic tale about a youthful, wedded couple's mission to locate each other the ideal Christmas present. In securing these 'impeccable blessings', notwithstanding, each accomplice is compelled to surrender something profoundly significant, and valuable to them, bringing about a somewhat sad turn.

Most loved Line: "However in a last useful piece of advise of nowadays let it be said that of all who give blessings these two were the smartest."

This line is made all the more magnificent by the logical inconsistency of the line promptly going before it, which proposes that the couple were to a great degree "incautious" for surrendering their most noteworthy fortunes. The delightful logical inconsistency powers the peruser to consider how the couple could be viewed as both "rash" but additionally the "most astute of all". In doing as such, O. Henry welcomes the peruser to perceive that, in spite of the fact that the profitable penances the couple make for each other at last lessen their blessings to insignificance, their penances were made out of affection, and are subsequently the most important endowments of all.