I'm not asking for anyone to write my essay for me or to explain to me how to write the essay. i need getting it started and hitting all the key points once i've started it. i've let this lesson go overdue because i have no at home with this essay. i chose raymond's run i've read the story a few times and have a pretty good understanding of it. write an essay in which you analyze the importance of plot events and characters’ actions to the development of a story’s theme. review and evaluate a  story from the unit that has a clearly identifiable theme. you might choose “raymond’s run” by toni cade bambara, “the story-teller” by saki, “the finish of patsy barnes” by paul laurence dunbar, or “the drummer boy of shiloh” by ray bradbury. be sure to identify the story and write a clear statement of its theme. in your essay, answer the following question: how do various elements of the story—conflict and resolution, characters’ dialogue and behavior—contribute to the story’s theme? support your ideas with references to the text

o'henry used irony in "the gift of the magi". this tool was essential to developing the story's theme by showing that the couple bought gifts for each other that they could not actually use at the moment. in addition, the author used this fact to show that people of the society should treasure the things they've received from others, because you may never know if they sacrificed their most treasured possession to aquire the gift.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

answer: buck is a dog living a charmed life on the estate of judge miller, during the time of the klondike gold rush in 1897. he is the king of all the animals on the estate and as such enjoys special privileges, such as the run of the estate and the admirable position of being the judge's favorite dog.

this all ends the day he accompanies manuel on a walk through the orchard to a flag station, where manuel sells him to a stranger. manuel sells buck, because he has gambling debts he needs to pay and a family to support.

this one act changes buck's life irrevocably. it is the catalyst for the rest of the story about buck and his transformation from domestic pet to wild animal.

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