Comparison and contrast of “The Gift of the Magi”/ “The...

â€Å"The Gift of the Magi†/ â€Å"The Necklace† At a young age I was taught the value of the dollar. When it comes to money I am a saver. I have always tried to save every penny, and when I had a little extra I would treat myself to something I had been wanting. I always tell myself, â€Å"Save your money, you never know when something you really need or would really like to have could come along.† When it comes to having a lot of money and a lot of possessions, I don’t really need all of it. Yes, every now and then it’s nice to go out and go shopping for new things. I’m a girl; most girls like to do that type of thing. Being materialistic does not mean you will always be happy. When you get something that you think you ought to have and you get†¦show more content†¦The quote means that Della feels like the luckiest girl in the world to have Jim. It doesn’t matter to her if she possesses nothing else just as long as she has him by her side. It shows how madly in love she is with him. Ma thilde thinks the exact opposite of her husband. Her feelings are made known when she states, â€Å"†¦she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education.† She feels as if she could have gotten better but she let herself settle with him. Another way she shows how unthoughtful she is. When her husband comes home with an invitation to a formal event he expects her to be happy because she doesn’t get out often. But she acts completely different then expected. When given the invitation she replies with, â€Å"what do you want me to do with this?† She is upset at the thought that she has nothing to wear to such an event and will be embarrassed and out casted for looking simple and poor. She insists her husband to give her four hundred francs; he hesitates because he has been saving for a while to buy himself a gun. That shows how little Mathilde cares about what makes her husband happy. Why can’t Mathilde earn her own money and b uy her own dress, or make alterations to her theatre dress. The similarity in the two stories is that they both have an ending with a