The gift of magi 15 pts + brainliest

1. pessimistic and dejected

This is a sad except where Della is upset. In the moment she isn't able to see anything good, so she thinks that because of this moment the whole world is negative.

2. obvious

Della's hair was unbelievably long, so there is no need to say "You've cut off your hair" if the drastic length difference is obvious.

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eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.

the answer is:

in the fourth paragraph. ( the paragraph that begins with “on friday of my third ”).

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