Its hurt her even more when she heard that Mr. Johnson didnt seem to be able to hold a funeral for the baby. Because of the type of person she was, she was afflicted over what she should do. Should she go out and buy herself clothes, which she has long wanted? Or should she donate her money to Mr. Johnson for his daughters funeral? Thinking about this gave her headaches. Her morals choose to give the poor baby a funeral and she hurries to Mr. Johnson. But she was a bit too late. Mr. Johnson, with nothing to do, has given the baby to student doctors. Now, the ten five dollar bills, which she literally worshiped all of a sudden, changed to stones in her purse. The money, which has chosen the destiny of a small child that must have had so much ahead in her life, was too much of a weight for her. It was the money that killed the child, not pneumonia. Feeling extreme anger and depression toward money, she hides the money as atonement toward the guilt she felt of her incapability to make up her mind. Only if she were a couple of hours faster, the baby would have at least had a burial place instead of being used in some experiment. That guilt just would not leave her mind.The Gift of the Magi was a very similar type of story. It is about two very loving couple, Della and Jim Young, again, very idealistic except for the fact that they were extremely poor. They barely make a living by an income of $30 a week that has just been cut to $20. If you subtract $8 of rent from that, it is obvious that they will not be able to afford each other Christmas presents. Especially when they have high standards of the quality gift they want to give to each other. With no other options, both of them give up their most precious treasures. Della sells her beautiful long hair. Jim, his gold watch which has been past down for generations. With that money, they buy each other very thoughtful gifts. Gift that suit what the other treasures the...
