Have you ever read a story that makes you think of another similar story? Well if you have, you can relate better to this essay and furthermore understand it, because in the following , I will be comparing and contrasting two stories: "The gift of the magi", and "the Necklace". These two stories are alike and different in many ways, and are my favorite stories we've read so far this year. The settings of these two stories are very similar: 1st of all, they both occur around fall or winter. They also occur around the turn of the century. Both of the families are middle to low-class. There are little, if any differences in settings, except for that they most li