2. Summarize the text. " the gift of the magi"List five to seven key events from the story in the order in which they happen. Your summary should include main points from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Explanation:

The gift of the magi is a short fiction which was written by "O Henry". The story is about the sacrifices made by a loving couple named Jim and Della. The story reveals how the sacrifices were made by both in order to understand and make each other happy by giving Christmas gift.

The events from which their sacrifices can be understood are :

1.Buying a watch is the possession of Jim but they do not have enough money.

2. So, Della decided to sell her long hair in order to buy a chain for the watch of Jim.

3. At Christmas, Della gifted Jim the watch and Jim gifted her a set of combs.

4. Jim noticed that Della has short hairs as he bought her a set of combs.

4.  Della explained that she cut her hair to buy a chain for his watch.

5. James was shocked at this.

6. He explained that he sold his watch in order to buy a set of combs for Della's long hair.

7. Although gifts became useless at that time but they understood each other's sacrifices.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

"it's more of an essay than story, but perhaps it is best described as a mood-piece: it uses a lot of musical imagery, not to mention sea imagery, religious imagery, and any other imagery that suits his purpose."