Which sentence can be used as a claim for a literary analysis essay about “the gift of the magi” by o. henry? “the gift of the magi” is a story about a couple who sacrifice their most valuable possessions to buy presents for each other. della and jim’s love for each other means more to them than their most prized possessions. the theme of sacrifice and unselfish love is depicted in o. henry’s short story “the gift of the magi.” o. henry, who wrote the story “the gift of the magi,” is one of the most influential short-story writers.

The theme of sacrifice and unselfish love is depicted in O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi.”

A literary analysis needs to analyze the text not give a summary. The first and second options only give a summary statement about what happens in the text. Since these are simply facts, they cannot be analyzed with the detail and depth an essay would require. The last option about O. Henry could be debated in an essay; however, it would require the essay to discuss all of O. Henry's short stories not just "The Gift of the Magi". This would not be a literary analysis.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

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i’m i haven’t read that. also you can’t really expect someone to write it for you. use your own knowledge and skill and i am sure you’ll get it!

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