Which statement best analyzes how this conflict develops the plot? in "the gift of the magi," della cannot buy jim a gift.
1. it serves as a complicating incident because it leads della to sell her hair.
2. it serves as the falling action of the story because it shows that della's love for jim is stronger than her vanity.
3. it is the climax of the story since the reader is most excited at this point.
4 it resolves the main conflict of the story by showing there will be no christmas gifts that year.