The Gift of the Maji
Storyboard Text
- "One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl" (Henry).
- Exposition
- “Will you buy my hair?" (Henry).
- "I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs" (Henry).
- Rising Action
- “Twenty dollars,” (Henry).
- rising action
- "She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present" (Henry).
- "She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design" (Henry).
- Rising Action
- "She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit" (Henry).
- Climax
- “let’s put our Christmas presents away and keep ’em a while. They’re too nice to use just at present" (Henry).
- Resolution
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