Describe Della's Mental Depression Caused by Her Financial Crisis
Jim and Della are a young romantic couple living in a poorly furnished flat in the city of New York. They are passing hard days due to their meager income. They love each other sincerely and deeply. On Christmas Eve they desperately want to buy each other nice gifts but they are short of money.
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Della, the economical housewife, has a tendency to save money from her daily marketing. She has saved money in one or two pennies by hard bargaining with the grocer, the vegetable seller, and the butcher for several months. But the money thus saved by close dealing and with the silent imputation of parsimony amounts to only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. She counts her savings again and again but the amount remains the same, and this amount of money does not allow her to buy a gift worthy of her beloved Jim. So she can actually do nothing but sit down on her worn-out little couch and cry like a child. Della sobbed her heart out and sobbed bitterly. Having finished her cry, Della goes to the window and looks out gloomily, watching a grey cat walking on a grey fence in the backyard which is also grey. To Della, at this moment everything in her life seems to be grey. This grey colour, according to the writer is the reflection of her mental depression. Now her mind is full of frustration for her inability to buy a nice gift for Jim.
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