Megan's "Gift of the Magi" Paragraph

In "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry uses irony to make the story realistic.For example, Della sold her long hair to buy a chain for her husband's watch for Christmas but when she gave it to him he said he didn’t have it anymore.This shows that this is ironic because her husband had already sold his watch to buy her some fancy combs for Della’s long hair.This also shows that this is realistic because couples really do do things like that in the real world. This shows that they both loved each other very much and were willing to sacrifice their prized possessions.In addition, Jim sold his golden pocket watch that had been in his family for generations for combs for his wife Della's long beautiful hair.This shows that this is ironic because his wife Della had already cut off her hair and sold it to buy him a silver chain for his golden pocket watch.This also shows that this is realistic because in the real world things like this really happen. It also shows that they both really love each other and were willing to sacrifice their treasures.In conclusion, when it comes to certain situations in the world irony really happens and it is very realistic.