I think the answer is B. tear down the wall to get closer to his neighbor.
<span>The main conflict in The Gift of the Magi is poverty. Because of their poverty, Jim and Delia have to make great personal sacrifices to buy the other a Christmas present.
</span><span>"In "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry uses a folksy narrator to tell the story of Jim and Delia Young, a poor young couple who buy each other special Christmas gifts, which ironically cancel each other out because Delia sells her hair to buy Jim a chain for his watch, which he in turn has sold to buy her a fine set of combs for her hair. Despite the fact that these gifts are now useless, Jim and Delia have given each other the greatest gift of all, which the narrator compares to the gifts given to the Christ child by the wise men, or magi: selfless love."</span><span>
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Answer:
D. They jokingly agree that they and their spouses can all be friends but that their children can never date one another
Explanation:
The only other reasonable option would be Option B, but the connotation of "endure" is rather negative, suggesting that forgiveness had not truly occurred.
We choose Option D because it is lighthearted in tone, and—although they do <em>joke </em>about impeding new beginnings—the nature of the interaction is entirely unburdened by the past.
The answer you are looking for is B
