The
Gift
Of
Magi
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The analysis of The Gift of Migi
• The Name • The Setting • The Themes • The Writting Style • The Narrator
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Magi
In the conventional version of the Christmas story, the wise men or magi: Melchior （梅尔基奥尔）Gaspar （加斯帕） and Balthasar（巴尔撒泽） started the giftgiving custom of Christmas by bringing gold（黄金）, frankincense (乳香), and myrrh（殁药）to the Christ child （指耶稣）on Epiphany（主显节）, the day on which the infant was presented. The 3 magi have been
sacrifice. The story's narrator assures
us that in their willingness to give up
all they have, they have proven
themselves the wisest of all gift-
givers. It might remain unclear,
The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger(马厩). They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the
