《麦琪的礼物》中作者欧享利通过对女主人德拉和其丈夫吉姆分别购买礼物时明

"Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, the author depiction of light and shade when two clues la hostess and her husband Jim were buying gifts, each will sell their most valuable items in return is actually useless gift We have to explain the causes and consequences Seiji Chu. Novel expressed Della and Jim sell their dismay and anxiety of precious items, as well as anticipation and excitement when sold in exchange for appropriate gifts after, when the outcome of the last two useless gifts found form very strong contrast, resulting in a very obvious effect of ironic humor that lies in the following two aspects.

"Maggie's Gift" author O'Henry, through the hostess Della and her husband Jim when they bought the gift separately two clues, they each sold their most precious items in exchange for a virtually useless gift of the consequences of the former confession. The novel's expression of Della and Jim's insecurity and anxiety in selling their precious items, and the expectations and excitement of selling them in exchange for the corresponding gifts, contrast very strongly with the final ending when the two find the gift useless, resulting in a very obvious irony of humor.

In Maggie's gift, the author O'Henry, through the description of the two clues of the light and shade when the hostess Della and her husband Jim bought the gift respectively, makes clear the causes and consequences of their selling their most precious items in exchange for the actually useless gift. In the novel, Della and Jim's reluctance and anxiety when they sell their precious goods, and their expectation and excitement when they sell their gifts, are in sharp contrast with the final result when they find that the gifts are useless, thus producing a very obvious ironic humor effect, which is mainly manifested in the following two aspects.