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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. About the Author, O. Henry. Born in North Carolina Born September 11, 1862 An avid reader Wrote 600 short stories Wrote for a newspaper Master of surprise endings. The Characters. Della Young - young wife, loves her husband, thin person

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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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  1. The Gift of the Magiby O. Henry

  2. About the Author, O. Henry • Born in North Carolina • Born September 11, 1862 • An avid reader • Wrote 600 short stories • Wrote for a newspaper • Master of surprise endings

  3. The Characters • Della Young - young wife, loves her husband, thin person • Jim Dillingham Young – young husband, loves his wife, works hard for little pay

  4. The Setting • New York City • Early 1900s

  5. New York City in 1900

  6. Mulberry Street in Little Italy

  7. Life in New York City in 1900

  8. Daily Living in New York City

  9. New York History • New York City in the 1900s • Just before the new century the five boroughs, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx, were conceived. • Grand Central Terminal opened and became the world's largest train station. Citizens and visitors of New York were going places fast. • The early part of the century saw Broadway flourish for the first time. • The New York Times newspaper moved its offices in 1904 to an area near 42nd Street, which was renamed Times Square in honor of the publication. • Each year thousands gather to watch a ball drop from a building to signal the beginning of a new year. • The Empire State Building standing 102-stories 1,250 feet high was constructed.

  10. Empire State Building

  11. New York City Apartment Building • A building with flats.

  12. Then and Now • Early 1900s .09 cents • Now $1.50 - $2.50

  13. School Lunch in the 1900s • School lunches needed to be healthy in order to battle the malnutrition and poor diets of immigrant children. Prior to the school lunch program, schools usually had a lunch hour in which children were permitted to go home to eat. However, most immigrant mothers worked and had to give their children money since no one was home during the day. Their children would use their money for buying pickles. While some schools served free lunch, others charged a small free. Immigrant settlement worker, Mabel Hyde Kittredge organized the School Lunch Committee, which served three cent lunches in some schools (Berrol 1970 ,139).

  14. School

  15. Della’s Combs POOPY

  16. Jim’s Watch

  17. So…Who are the Magi? • The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones… O. Henry

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