in the story “The Gift of the Magi” Della and Jim care a little about materialistic things and don't care about them at the same time. “It was a platinum fob chain of simple and chaste design, properly proclaiming its value by substances alone and not by mere ornaments as all good things should do. It was even worth watching. As soon as she saw it, she knew it had to be Jim's, it was just like him. Calm and value. The description applied to both... as large as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly because of the old leather strap he used in place of a chain. (O.19) This quote makes things a little clear. that Jim didn't care about the value of the chain, what mattered most to him was the thought that was put into the