Question

Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi."

"Don't make any mistake, Dell," [Jim] said, "about me. I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less”

Jim’s quote expresses the theme that

Answer 1

That true love is not based on outward appearance or material things — genuine affection is constant and values a person’s inner worth, not haircuts or clothes.