Analysis

In this story there are 2 main characters, Della, and her husband Mr. James Dillingham Young. The setting starts out as Della trying to find money to buy her husband a gift for Christmas because he had been away. The conflict it ended up have was that they both sold something they held dear to there hearts. Then they ended up finding out that what they sold, had been what the other had bought something else for. Like Della sold some of her hair to buy a chain for her husbands watch but then her husbands sells the watch to buy the comb for her hair. So they both pretty much opted out. So irony plays a big part in this story as oppose to how they both sold what they needed to accept the others' gift.