Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi"?"The Gift of the Magi":"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry that explores the theme of sacrificial love. In the story, a young couple gives up treasured possessions to buy gifts for one another.Answer and...
In short works he’s more experimental, and yet also personal, finding in the brief images of a story, the memories, the personalities, of those around us. The same sense of the personal also show up in his short novel, Talking to Ourselves. Although not as experimental in form, the na...
He uses this device of dramatic and humorous effect in the short story co ection The Four Million which including “The Ransom of Red Chief ”, “The Gift of the Magi ”, and “The Cop and the Anthem”, “the Service of Love”, “The last Leaf.” He uses compact and vivid language...
Wrapped: Directed by Matt Lautrup. With Lachlan Quarmby, Temapare Hodson, Dominic McDowell, Gigi Neil.
A child documents the love life of her Grandad – a man who has a reputation for being a passionate romantic. She tells the story of how her Grandad came across a picture of her Granny for the first time and decided in that moment that she must be the love of his life. He marries ...
On one evening, a cover story described a new bid from a suburban police force for some kind of amped-up surveillance gear. Up to the front desk stepped old Bill “pays with a twenty every single time, n’ drops a penny in the change tray, too” Turnbull. “Last thing we need is ...
The Fair God of Sun Island: Directed by William Worthington. With Herbert Rawlinson, Louella Maxam, Charles Manley, Barney Furey. Captain Harding, grown rich by illegally collecting insurance on self-destroyed boats, decides to settle down and chooses a
Williams’ another play,Suddenly Last Summer,suggests characters’ madness through their speech. They face a predicament, and they try to replace one story over another. This effort to make choices is a source of tension in Williams’ plays. Though this pattern changed inSuddenly Last Summer. ...
Why we love it: The story of the Little Mermaid focuses on sacrificial love. In it, the Sea King puts the needs of his daughter over his own. Open a dialogue with kids about a time when they put someone else’s needs over their own. ...
SAFE, CHILD, SAFE: AN OBSIDIAN AND BLOOD SHORT STORY I knew something was wrong with the child as soon as his father brought him to me. He was perhaps four, five years old, and everything about him was high-born Mexica: his tunic of cotton embroidered with leaping deer; his skin the...