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Hunter-Best
1 month ago
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Why do you think the author chose to repeat "One dollar and eighty-seven cents" in the first paragraph of “The Gift of the Magi”

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Gnom [7.5K]1 month ago
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I think the repetition of "One dollar and eighty-seven cents" serves to underscore the extreme poverty faced by the characters.
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