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are notable.
• It is about a young couple that is short of money but desperately wants to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unknown to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy platinum as the chain for Jim's watch; unknown to Della, Jim sells his most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair.
“the founder of American
stories.” Exquisite plot,
wry humor and twist ending
dominate his works. The
main stream of his works
is eulogy of humanity and
his many classical works
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He takes great sympathy on them, with dissatisfaction with the greediness of the rich and the noble. O. Henry is adept at seizing and grasping the typical scenes in life, in which each episode of the life of the characters that had been in dilemma and confronted fatal decision was presented. Through this, he not only chiefly portrays the hero’s mentality but also fully reveals the inner contradiction of life. Finally, the human virtues and defects emerge from the twist ending. That not only arouses readers ponder about the humanity but also earns O. Henry’s story fame of “smile with tears”.
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The whole passage is always suddenly endowed with a great charm because of the ending. And the twist ending not only gives the readers a sudden fall, but also let us thinks a lot. Think what? From the twist ending, the humanity is clearly presented. Among O. Henry’s short stories, the eternal theme proves to be the humanity. Whether simple or complex, the mystery of human motives controlled by human nature is exposed. O. Henry focuses on the poverty-stricken life and spiritual depression of common people.
retiring 过隐居生活 forth 向前 eulogy 赞颂 be bounded in 以…约束…
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; We spend more, but enjoy less; We have more compromises, but less time; We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values; These are times with more liberty, but less joy; That’s why I propose, that as of today; You do not keep anything for a special occasion. because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION. Search for knowledge, read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs; Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;
The author ---- O. Henry （William Sydney Porter ）
The book ---- O. Henry’s Short Stories
The twist ending and the humanity of characters in O. Henry’s Short Stories
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• O. Henry, one of the three
most famous short-story
writers in the world,
enjoys equal status with
Chekhov and Maupassant.
Some critics called him