The ending of the story is laced with irony due to the unsuspected resolution that comes From both of the characters Even after all their sacrifices to give gifts for each other. Also the fact they have the gifts now they can't use them. They are both thankful fro what they got on Christmas. The point of the story is not about Material sacrifices but strong deep Spiritual sacrifices Which is from them loving each other.

Consider the quadratic equation ax^2+bx+5=0,where a, b and c are rational numbers and the quadratic has two distinct zeros.if one zero is irrational what is the other zero?

In the story "seventh grade," how do victor's hopes and expectations about teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about teresa at the end of the school day? his hopes and expectations are exactly the same at the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are completely different at the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are strengthened by the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are weakened by the end of the day.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. for a long time she held her neck erect; then her head sank, slowly. her ribs swelled with a mighty heave and she went over. as it is used in this excerpt from “the man who was almost a man,” the phrase “went over” most likely means died escaped jumped vomited