O. Henry tells us that Jim “needed a new overcoat and he was withoutgloves” (paragraph 25). Why do you think Della didn’t buy him these things for Christmas instead of a watch chain?

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Presumably for the same reason that your mother doesn’t want a blender for Mother’s Day. As paragraph 6 points out, she wants to buy him a gift that would be “fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.” It must be something precious and extravagant enough to convey her feelings for him, not something merely functional, however much in need of it he might be.

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