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How Did William Sydney Porter Use Symbols In The Gift Of The Magi

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Symbolism

In the gift of the magi, William Sydney porter frequently uses figurative language such as symbols. Symbols were such good signs about what the book was going to be about and what was going to happen it was clues token from the passage that the author wants the readers to know. The author used symbols such as in (porter page 140) he stated ‘the other was Della’s hair’ so the readers didn’t really know what at that point what she was going to do with her but when the author showed this symbols we right away knew what she was going to do with her hair because in the begging of the passage the readers knew that Della wanted to buy a Christmas present for her husband Jim. Also another reason why Della’s hair was a great symbol telling
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