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1、BookReportisashortnovelwrittenbyO.Henrywhowasawell-knownAmercianwritterintheendofthenineteenthcentryandthebeginningoftwentiethcentry.O.Henrywasoneofthethreeworld'smastersofshortstories.HewasgoodatportrayingAmericansoci

2、etyandordinarypeople’slivinginNewYork.Hisworkisnewandoriginalinconception,languageandhumor.Theendoftheworkisalwaysunexpectedandtheworkisknownasthe"humorousEncyclopediaofAmericanlife".istherepresentativeworkofO.Henry’sshortstories.Itisusuall

3、ythoughtthatO.Henrywrotethisstorytoreflectthelowerpeople'sdifficultlivesinAmericaandrevealthesocialrealityofthewealthgapintheU.S.Butinfact,thereisanotherimportantreason----inmemoryofhisbelovedwife.Hiswife,whowasniceandkind,andlovedcreatingliteratureasO.Henrydid,

4、accompaniedhimthroughthehardesttime.Poorastheywere,theyspentanunforgettablesweettimetogether.ButhisbelovedwifediedfromillnesswithoutO.Henrybeherside.AllthesecouldnotbutmadeO.Henryextremelyguilt.ItistheguiltthatpromptedO.Henrytocreatethisshortstory----

5、F THE MAGI>.isashortsroryofacouple----DellaandJim.Theywereanormalcouplewhohadadifficultlivewiththesalaryjustcouldmaketheirendsmeet.Thehusbandhadagoldwatchwithoutcommensuratewatchchain.Thewifehadbeautifullonghair,butnomatchablecombs.AsChrist

6、maswascoming,theywantedtobuyeachotheragift.Butmoneywasabigproblem.SoinordertobuyherhusbandJimaplatinumfobchainwhichcanbeaccompaniedbyJim'sgoldewatchasaChristmaspresent,Dellasoldherbeautifulhairformoney.Jim,thehusband,forthesamepurpose,soldhisancestralgoldwatchto

7、buyhiswifeasetofcombshiswifewaseagerforalongtime.showsusameaningfultruththatthereismoretolifethanmoney----love.Maybeinsomecasesmoneycanbuylove,butthatlovemustbefake.Moneyisnoteverything.Thetrueloveissomethingthatyoucouldnotbuybymoney.Manyth

8、ingsasmoneycouldbuy,itcouldneverbuyhappiness.Thetruemeaningofhappinessislovingandbeinglovedbysomeguy.Inthestory,althoughDellaandJim’sgiftshadlostvalue,theygottheprice