Answer/Explanation:
"The Gift of the Magi" and "The Last Leaf" are similar stories in the sense that they carry O Henry's trademark. For example: laboring class, impoverished, characters, a pleasant tone, real life detail with a shock ending. The theme of “The Two Stories” by O Henry, is that it is better to give than to receive. "The Last Leaf" is a rather sardonic tragedy. I can infer that the message that comes through most powerfully, is that you should not judge people by their outward appearances. The Gift of the Magi" is more of a touching tale of a couple's love. "The last Leaf " does have a moral of unappreciated love or effort, which Magi has a very Open theme of sacrifice and love. Two aspects of both stories similarities is that are sacrifice and love, which are shown in the gloomy atmosphere of poverty O’Henry in the very first lines of the “the gift of the magi “has solved the mystery about the key motives of this economic status “one dollar and eighty seven cents” the poor condition of their flat with a useless letter box; an electric bell which didn’t work, and a name plate “Mr. James Dillingham young” looked blurred and showed their financially low situation as well but poor Della and Jim was trying to cope with it.