can someone Identify and explain the main conflict of “The Gift of the Magi". need an answer asap please

Based on structural elements what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 congressional address by president woodrow wilson exemplify

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

How is the word laud and welcome different