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प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
What is the moral of the story?
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उत्तर
Jim and Della impulsively buy gifts for each other by sacrificing their greatest treasures without thinking about the consequences and focusing on making each other happy. They thought only of the material possessions that could give us pleasure However, what they didn't realize is that they had given each other the greatest gift of sacrificial love. The story teaches us that selfless love is worth more than any material possessions money can buy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Parents/ Grand parents : ______________.
‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Strangers: __________________
Answer the following question:
Why did Della take pride in the beauty of her hair?
Answer the following question:
Why did Jim sell his gold watch? Do you think he did well?
Answer the following question:
How beautiful was the gold watch chain? Would you have liked to own it?
Answer the following question:
How did the Magi want to celebrate their Christmas (OR) Who were the first people to give Christmas gifts?
Complete the following activity :
Map the problems and solutions in “The Gift of the Magi” on the diagram below. Two problems have already been filled in.
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
Gifts that you buy have fixed prices/ rates. How can the buyer increase the value of a gift bought for someone very dear in the family?
Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly implies the following :
Della spent a joyful time, for two hours.
