Quote respons Week 3

"Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow out again--you won't mind, will you? (O. Henery 167)

I chose this response because of its undeniable truth. First off I really enjoyed the story. It reminded me of the good we try to do for our loved ones.

This quote shows what the majority of us do around Christmas time. Not necessarily cut our hair off but go to certain lengths to make sure we can show how much we care by doing what it takes to give to the ones we care about. She wanted so desperately to give him a gift that she cut her hair off for the money. My personal experience with Christmas and giving is similar to this. I didn't cut my hair off but I wanted my mom to have a cool present because she had done so much for me. We had a store that sold used jewelry and I didn't have enough to get the necklace I thought she would like. All I needed was 10 more dollars which was a lot to me back then. The only thing I could think of was the basketball shoes that my mom had just bought for me. So I sold them for 10 dollars anyway. Of course I got in trouble but it didn't matter because that wasn't the purpose behind the gift.

This story represents the need to please our loved ones with gift and the hope that it means a lot to them. I think it’s great.