How to Show Love
How is love shown? How do you know how much one loves the other? Is it through words, money, or gifts? In the short stories “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and “Bluffing” by Gail Helgason they show that love is not about what you say, it is about what you do. Words can be used without the user being responsible to its meanings, so it cannot be used to measure one’s love for another. Only your actions can show how much one means to you. For love, one is willing to give up the most precious thing they have for the other. One will also put the other’s feelings in front their own and they are able to stay with them through the hardest situations. In love, words are not enough to express its meaning, only your actions are enough …show more content…
Firstly, in “The Gift of the Magi” Della cares more about Jim’s happiness and thoughts more than her own feelings. When Della sells her hair for Jim’s gift, she cries as she heads towards a hair salon to sell her hair. Della puts her own emotion behind her as she makes up her minds about cutting her cherished hair for Jim’s happiness. Della is unhappy to let her hair go, but this is incomparable to Jim’s happiness. Secondly, after Della cuts her hair, she worries if Jim will like her new appearance; Della does not think about the loss of what she treasures the most, but emotions of Jim and how he will react to her new look. Della always thinks of Jim’s feeling first before her own. In “Bluffing” Liam and Gabriella both think of themselves first and never each other. First of all, Liam decides on his own that he and Gabriella will live in a van for three months and go down south for an adventure. Liam makes this decision without asking the opinion of Gabriella:“‘Clive and I worked it out last week … If we pool our resources, live in his old van, we’ve got just enough to get by for three months over the winter. So we’re gonna head down south’” (Helgason 3) Liam says his decision as a statement, not a question, or an advice, nor did he leave room in his words for any rejection. In his words, there is no evidence of him thinking of Gabriella's feelings or opinions, because he cares more about his …show more content…
The relationships between the main characters in the two stories “The Gift of the Magi” and “Bluffing” contracts each other. As in the first story, there is no doubt that Della and Jim love each other and the depth of their love is fully shown through their actions. However, in the second story between the characters Liam and Gabriella, their words say that their love for each other is deeper than the ocean, but their actions prove all of their words wrong. It is also questionable if they truly loved each other. If one loves you they can willingly give up the most treasured they have for you because you are worth more than anything they have ever owned. They will always put you in front of themselves and make sure of your happiness and they will stay with you through the hardest times. Your words can lie but your actions do
How is love shown? How do you know how much one loves the other? Is it through words, money, or gifts? In the short stories “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and “Bluffing” by Gail Helgason they show that love is not about what you say, it is about what you do. Words can be used without the user being responsible to its meanings, so it cannot be used to measure one’s love for another. Only your actions can show how much one means to you. For love, one is willing to give up the most precious thing they have for the other. One will also put the other’s feelings in front their own and they are able to stay with them through the hardest situations. In love, words are not enough to express its meaning, only your actions are enough …show more content…
Firstly, in “The Gift of the Magi” Della cares more about Jim’s happiness and thoughts more than her own feelings. When Della sells her hair for Jim’s gift, she cries as she heads towards a hair salon to sell her hair. Della puts her own emotion behind her as she makes up her minds about cutting her cherished hair for Jim’s happiness. Della is unhappy to let her hair go, but this is incomparable to Jim’s happiness. Secondly, after Della cuts her hair, she worries if Jim will like her new appearance; Della does not think about the loss of what she treasures the most, but emotions of Jim and how he will react to her new look. Della always thinks of Jim’s feeling first before her own. In “Bluffing” Liam and Gabriella both think of themselves first and never each other. First of all, Liam decides on his own that he and Gabriella will live in a van for three months and go down south for an adventure. Liam makes this decision without asking the opinion of Gabriella:“‘Clive and I worked it out last week … If we pool our resources, live in his old van, we’ve got just enough to get by for three months over the winter. So we’re gonna head down south’” (Helgason 3) Liam says his decision as a statement, not a question, or an advice, nor did he leave room in his words for any rejection. In his words, there is no evidence of him thinking of Gabriella's feelings or opinions, because he cares more about his …show more content…
The relationships between the main characters in the two stories “The Gift of the Magi” and “Bluffing” contracts each other. As in the first story, there is no doubt that Della and Jim love each other and the depth of their love is fully shown through their actions. However, in the second story between the characters Liam and Gabriella, their words say that their love for each other is deeper than the ocean, but their actions prove all of their words wrong. It is also questionable if they truly loved each other. If one loves you they can willingly give up the most treasured they have for you because you are worth more than anything they have ever owned. They will always put you in front of themselves and make sure of your happiness and they will stay with you through the hardest times. Your words can lie but your actions do