Saturday, November 21, 2020

Story Beats for The Gift of the Magi

Before the image:

  • Della goes to buy food for tomorrows Christmas dinner.
  • Carefully she is counting and putting aside cent by cent.
  • At the end she only had left one dollar and eighty-seven cents. 
  • At her apartment in her room, she fall in bed and cry because she couldn't afford with the money left a present for her husband Jim. 
  • Della finishes crying, cleans the marks on her face and goes to window.

 During the image:

  • She turned from the window and stood the glass.
  • Pulling down her beautiful brown hair and let it fall to its complete length, she stopped for a moment while a tear comes out from her eye reaching to a final decision. 
  • Quickly she puts her hair up again, puts her old brown coat and hat, and goes out to the street. 
  • She reaches her destination and stop in front of the sign saying "Mrs. Sofronie. Hair Articles of all Kinds."
  • Going up to the second floor (of the store) she founds Mrs. Sofronie, and ask "Will you buy my hair?"

After the image:

  • Della gets twenty dollars for her hair and goes to the street to find the perfect gift for her Jim.
  • From shop to shop, she finally finds the perfect gift, a gold chain for the watch of of Jim. 
  • She hurries to get home and fixes her hair. Then she wait for Jim to arrive. 
  • Jim arrives home and he is in shocked to see Della without her long beautiful hair. 
  • Both sit down together and explain to each other how they both traded what was most valuable to them so they could buy something valuable for the other.

Project 2 Final