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ContentChapter1 Introduction (4)Chapter 2 O. Henry ‘s article style--humor (4)2.1 O. Henry ‘s article style (4)Chapter3 Unique O-style ending method (5)3.1 Improbable Coincidence (The Gift of the Magi) (5)Chapter4 The Main Theme of O’Henry’s Works (6)Chapter 5 Conclusion (7)References (8)A Brief Review on O’Henry’s Works摘要：欧.亨利，原名威廉.西德尼.波特,20世纪美国著名小说家，美国短篇小说创始人。
被誉为世界上三大著名小说巨匠，与法国的莫泊桑，俄国的契诃夫齐名。
他少年时曾一心想当画家，婚后在妻子的鼓励下开始写作。
后再银行供职时出现账目问题而入狱，在服刑期间认真写作，并以“欧.亨利”为笔名发表了大量短篇小说。
他的作品情节细腻。
语言诙谐，结局往往出人意料。
出人意料但却符合逻辑的故事结尾以及不拘一格文风在作品中最具亮点给读者留下深刻印象。
而本论文的主要围绕他的著作，如《麦琪的礼物》，《最后一片叶子》，《警察与赞美诗》，分析其故事结尾与语言风格如何达到预想的效果和如何让作者的思想在作品中得到体现。
关键词：文风，欧.亨利式结尾,人性，社会现实Abstract:O. Henry, one of the three most famous short-story writers in the world, enjoys equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. Exquisite plot, wry humor and twist ending dominate his works. Those surprising but logical endings and article’s style are the most brilliant in all of the highlights. This thesis mainly analyses O. Henry’s surprising but logical endings and style of his famous works such as The Gift of the Magi , The Last Leaf an and The Cop and the Anthem.These O. Henry-style endings impress readers ,and at the same time ,help him express his ideas completely and vividly.So this thesis mainly analyses how O.Henry set the plot to achieve the desired ending effect,and how the twist ending help idea-expression.Key Words: artistic styles, O. Henry-style ending, humanity; social realityChapter1 IntroductionO·Henry is commonly associated with the short story and the masterful ironic “O·Henry Twist”. A prolific writer, O·Henry wrote most often about New York City, where he spent his later years, He has been called “the American De Maupassant”.Years of hardships, vagrancy and prison supplied O·Henry with abundant material for writing. The tragedy in his own life —the bad luck that seemed to bind him —had taught him a chivalrous tenderness for the unlucky, a sympathetic understanding of the underdogs, and this compassion of his is evident in most of his short stories. O·Henry’s stories about New York City —the best of which are included in The Four Million—are his most famous. His works in.The Four Billionaire full of humor. His stories are amusing, flippant, flat and filled with irony and sentiment. Drawing directly on his experiences, he combined realism with a world of his own. Commonly recurring themes in O·Henry’s short stories are those of deception, mistaken identity, the effect of coincidence, the inexorable nature of fate, and the resolution of seemingly insurmountable difficulties separating two love it.Over recent hundreds of years, works of O·Henry’s have been published for several editions, and always attracting a great number of readers. O·Henry‟s writing is seen as straightforward and simple, written in plain language. His stories may rely on a sameness of plot, but the sharp, unexpected twist at the end is still his distinctive trademark today.(田2005:5)As readers, we like O·Henry’s stories very much because we can get much fun from them. Lively characters, humorous style, and the surprising ending which leave us endless thinking, are the main factors to attract and strike us.Chapter 2 O. Henry ‘s article style--humor2.1 O. Henry ‘s article styleO. Henry good at describing the United States in particular people living in New York. His novel, witty language, the result is often surprising; because of the many descriptions of the characters and full of life, as the "Encyclopedia of American life with humor." There are representative collection of short stories, "King and cabbage", "4,000,000" and "the fate of the road." Some of the famous, such as "love at the expense" and "Police and the Hymn," "rent furnished rooms" and "The Gift of the Magi" and "the last piece of rattan leaf" to make his reputation in the world.He is a writer with a unique style, humorous works, humorous wit, vivid descriptions, concise text. Vivid description of things from the profound understanding and extensive knowledge. He was good to observe things and the accumulation of knowledge. Good at capturing life Ironically, while the wealth to the philosophy of the dramatic scenes from the grasp of the subtle characteristics of the image using the language Painted, so that the people of flesh and blood, into the Xu-xu Health.2.2 HumorO. Henry once wrote: "the nature of my jokes is amiable, irony, and never make someone angry." This is his opinion of his humor, his satire, but again not ironic.he is on the basis of goodwill, and often contain the true meaning of life in accessible short stories . And another effect is that this kind of humor played down the tragic role, so readers are more likely to accept. In addition to the humorous irony, O. Henry is good at capturing the ironic and aboundin life philosophy of dramatic scene, with the characteristics of writing outline of cartoon characters, the plot of the chrono set at the same time, the ending with unexpected knot,All this make readers in dismay want to find the deep connotation of the story, make the reader have to exclamation story of fair and reasonable, idea of exquisite. In addition to unxepecting ending ,the sequence in the novel text became O. Henry another feature of the nove.In O’Henry’s short story “The Cop and the Anthem”, he ma kes use of the vocabulary mistake and hyperbole not only endowing figures with fresh image but also obtaining definite humorous effect. It’s a concrete display of the comedic writing style and at the same time it hints at the tragic fate of the protagonist.There is such a paragraph in the article:But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant d o o r the head waiter’s eye fell upon his frayed trousers and decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him a b o u t and conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard.Soapy’s f irst “long for being arrested” plan i s to eat extravagantly in a luxurious restaurant—“a roast duck is almost enough!” But as he sets foot inside the restaurant door, the head waiter’s eye falls upon h i s“decadent shoes”. Decadent is always used to d e s c r i b e life style or consciousness concept. The author uses it to describe Soapy’s broken shoes and exaggerates the actuality of that broken shoe to a laughable extent. Then the author also uses the humorous remarks “turn round that r o a s t duck’s nearly being killed fate “to indicate Soapy’s hope “to eat gratis is vanished.”Chapter3 Unique O-style ending methodO. Henry's trademark is the surprising ending that each of his stories contains. He sets a story moving in one direction, and just when the reader is convinced of the general direction of the narrative, the story will be completely reversed.This kind of expected but reasonable ending which called O.Henry’s ending may be a litt le sorrowful but it still gives the readers some hope,which is so-called “O.Henry’s humor(smile with tears)”And if we look back to the total story, the ending seems logical and plausible. As a “plot-maker”, and designer of incident, he is an amazing geniu s. No one can do better than him to holds the reader in “suspense”More than that, the reader scarcely knows that he is suspended until the very close of the story. Just as turns on the lights and the whole tale is revealed in its entirety. He uses this device of dramatic and humorous effect in the short story collection The Four Million which including “The Gift of the Magi ”, and “The Cop and the Anthem”“the Service of Love”“The last Leaf.”He often stresses on something important but not the most importan t in his works.The most important part always seems to write incidentally,which been the most circumscriptive reader may if more it.When the stories end in a totally unexpected but reasonable way ,we can do nothing but cheer for O.Henry’s literary talent.3.1 Improbable Coincidence (The Gift of the Magi)The novel“The Gift of the Magi” 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. In the end ,both gifts became useless——short-haired Della got a comb andJim got a chain for an already-sold watch. What a surprising coincidence! However, when we look back, we can find that O.Henry had already given us some suggestions.”Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair.” This description is related to how they got the money for gifts and what they bought for each other. The author used a casual and vague tone deliberately so that few people would think over its meaning before seeing the ending. So the ending turns out to be unexpected but reasonable.This coincidence is filled with complex emotions. People feel touched by the long lasting true love between the young couple and at the same time ,pity for them for their “unwise” gifts and their cruel bitter life.Though confronted with cruel reality and dull daily routine, Della and Jim can never change their eagerness toward love. To them the most valuable material possession is so slight and insignificant ,when compared with the spiritual possession of love romance.Perhaps the gifts were "unwise" as the author says, but, as he further writes, "let it be said that of all who give gifts, these two were the wisest.”In Th e Gift of the Magi , we feel so pity that Della has her precious long hair cut. But to our surprise ,Jim has sold the watch to buy the jeweled tortoise-shell combs for her wife’s hair. O.Henry does not end on the note of irony and surprise but gives to what he calls his uneventful coincidence of two foolish children the appearance of a little parable with a significant meaning. The magi , he reminds the reader ,were wise men who brought gifts to the Christ child. As for Jim and Della, the are the magi. This is the ending of the story with O.Henry’s own style.Chapter4 The Main Theme of O’Henry’s WorksIn his works, O.Henry presents the panorama of the American people to readers with ironic and humorous tone. O.Henry is sympathetic with the poor; he praises the human virtues and denounces human defeats. Humanity, as the eternal theme of O.Henry’s works, endows his works with perpetual artistic charm. Human being has many virtues from ancient times to the present. They are kind, brave, honest, hard-working, polite, thrifty, generous, and hospitable and so on. Some people pay a great deal in order to maintain these virtues, they sacrifice their own happiness even life for the lofty love and friendship; they help others without asking for rewards and regard it as a pleasure; they give up their own treasure and chance to others etc. Such people bring love and fine things to the world; they are the ones who endow the world with light and hope.Human beings have many defects, too. Sometimes t h e y are lazy, rapacious, gluttonous, officious, vain, arrogant, shameless, cowardly, impetuous etc. They benefit themselves at the expense of others, they never show mercy and sympathy to the poor in order to make money, they realize their own aims by hook or by crook etc. Their evil deeds make the world vicious. By exposing the human defects and the dark sides of the world, O.Henry wants to awaken p e o p l e’s conscience and deepest desire for all good things, so that people can use their efforts to save and cleanse the whole world.O. Henry creates a short stories which he could dominate the world , and the world as a whole is with light grey. O. Henry won't go to describe the upper-class life :a luxury and dissipation life.In contrary, he makes his writing focuse on a nobody wholives in the small world.From this world , O. Henry have created the world according to his own idea, in which expresses his sympathy as well as hate, reveals a "law of the jungle" in a capitalist society orthe rule of "the great fish eat the small one". All this, we can visit O. Henry's world from the point of O. Henry's works .Besides social deformities, O. Henry didn't forget to find a unique legend in that society. In a corner of the world, there are blooming love, friendship, lofty flowers with a spirit of sacrifice , beautiful soul and divine emotion interweaves the bright side of another society. This is mainly can be found in the part of his representative works. In The Gift of the Magi ,husband and wife be able to give up the things they proud - long hair and watch, for the Christmas gifts. Although ultimately failed to achieve, but the flower of love is brightly blossoming.For example:But on an unusually quiet corner Soapy came to a standstill. Here was an old church, quaint and rambling and gabled. Through one violet-stained window a soft light glowed, where, no doubt, the organist loitered over the keys, making sure of his mastery of the coming Sabbath anthem. For there drifted out to Soapy’s ears sweet music tha t caught and held him transfixed against the convolutions of the iron fench.<The Cop and the Anthem> The hymn of music brought homeless to restart the courage of life, which reflects the virtuous sideof societyChapter 5 ConclusionTotally speaking, in O. Henry’s works, the events of some short stories are arranged in the specific order which exceed reader’s normal expectation to the arrangement of those events in his works, make the ending unpredictable and strange. O. Henry deliberately designs the little tricks with words, for he is a master of language and not its slave. These unexpected but reasonable endings, in many conditions ,are the mos t remarkable parts in the novel. They also engage something profound in the human psyche and reflect social reality in that age . device that would become identified with his name. Wit, irony, cleverness, individuality and local color are also traditional earmarks of the typical O’Henry story. In addition, his warmth of human understanding and sympathy with the “underdog” give many of his stories poignancy. In memory of his great contribution to American literature, American literary circles set up Henry Award in 1918.References[1] Medrick, Fred. An introduction to American literature[M]. Henan University Press, 1985[2] Hudson, Long. O Henry The Man and His Work[C]. New Y ork:Russell and Russell, 1969[3] O, Henry, Heart of the West[M]. New Y ork: McClure, 1907[4] O, Henry, The Four Million[M]. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company. 1906[5] O, Henry, 欧亨利短篇小说[6] 李国宁欧亨利式结尾的艺术魅力[7] 赵书颖“含泪的笑”与“含笑的泪”浅析欧•亨利的主题[8] 赵丽，黄春妮欧亨利作品导读[M]. 武汉武汉大学出版社2003 P3[9] 欧亨利四百万[M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1988。
A Brief Comment on O’ Henry’s Short Stories 欧亨利短篇小说述评
欧亨利短篇小说述评摘要:作为世界三大小说家之一，欧亨利与契诃夫和莫泊桑齐名。
他的作品因奇巧的艺术构思，出其不意的结尾而著称。
其中歌颂人性的小说是欧亨利文学创作的主流，并且许多作品已经成为了脍炙人口的名篇佳作。
同时也涌现了许多感人至深的经典人物。
表现了欧亨利对人性理想的执着追求。
本文主要分析了欧亨利的写作手法，包括精巧的情节设计，出人意料但符合逻辑的结局和幽默智慧的语言三方面，并在这基础上深刻探讨了欧亨利作品中表现出来的人性的善与恶。
关键词: 写作技巧；善；恶；人性A Brief Comment on O’ Henry’s Short StoriesAbstract: O. Henry, one of the three most famous short-story writers in the world, enjoys equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. 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 are notable. This thesis mainly analyses O. Henry’s writing style including technique plot making, surprising but logical ending and humorous and witty tone, then deeply analyses the human virtues and defects reflected in O. Henry’s works.Key Words: artistic styles; virtues; defects; human characterContents1. Introduction (1)2. Unique artistic style (1)2.1 Technique plot making (1)2.2 Surprising but logical ending (3)2.3 Humorous and witty tone (4)3. The humanity of character (4)4. Conclusion (7)Bibliography (9)Acknowledgment (10)1. IntroductionO. Henry, originally named William Sydney Porter, is a distinguished American storywriter. He wrote more than 300 short stories in his life. His stories are full of colorful characters. He creates an original, typically American democratic form of short stories with, at its best, a valuable critical awareness of life and society tellingly expressed through humor. Therefore, some critics c all him “the founder of American stories”. Being gifted with humor and a keen awareness of details, he objectively shows us what America looks like. All his stories putting together constitute a true panorama of American life.This thesis mainly emphasizes O. Henry’s unique artistic styles and the human characters. It includes two main aspects. Part one is on the unique artistic styles. O. Henry is a good plot maker, he shows readers the real life of American people by giving people a surprising but logical ending through a plausible plot making using humor and witty tone which gives readers a new open sight. Part two stresses on the human nature that contains the virtues and defects sides. In a capitalist society, the specific characters are the special society. O. Henry shows people clearly in his works.2. Unique artistic styleO. Henry's trademark is the surprising ending that each of his stories contains. He sets a story moving in one direction, and just when the reader is convinced of the general direction of the narrative, the story will be completely reversed. And if we look back to the total story, the ending seems logical and plausible. As a “plot-maker”, and designer of incident, he is an amazing genius. No one can do better than him to holds the reader in “suspense”. More than that, the reader scarcely knows that he is suspended until the very close of the story. Just as turns on the lights and the whole tale is revealed in its entirety. He uses this device of dramatic and humorous effect in the short story collection The Four Million which including “The Ransom of Red Chief ”, “The Gift of the Magi ”, and“The Cop and the Anthem”, “the Service of Love”, “The last Leaf.” He uses compact and vivid language to set a plot and portray the plot through humorous and witty tone.2.1 Technique plot makingThe short story is the one fundamental and self-contained genre in American prose fiction, and the stories of O. Henry certainly makes their appearances in consequence of the prolonged and incessant cult ivation of the genre. As a “plot maker”, he is an amazing genius. No one can better him in holding the reader in “suspense”. More than that, the reader scarcely knows that he is suspended, until atthe very close of the story. O. Henry deliberately designs the little tricks with words, for he is a master of language and not its slave.The typical feature of O. Hen ry’s stories is a twist of plot. His ultimate achievement is to create the twist ending by the plot making and compact structure. He arranges a story moving in one direction, and just when the reader is going to be convinced of the general direction of the narrative, which he takes for granted, the story is completely reversed.For example, in “The Ransom of Red Chief”, two kidnappers, Sam and Bill make off with the little son of a prominent man. According to the general expectation, readers may assume that they will either obtain the ransom from the boy’s father or kill the boy in the end. But the plot is totally different. The boy is such a nuisance that they agree to pay the boy’s father to take him back because they can’t stand him anymore. Although the plot far exceeds expectations, readers appreciate the cleverness of plot situation and ending a great deal while enjoying the delight of reading.In O. Henry’s works, the events of some short stories are arranged in the specific order which exceed reader’s normal expectation to the arrangement of those events in his works, make the ending unpredictable and strange. O. Henry deliberately designs the little tricks with words, for he is a master of language and not its slave.The suspense in the story is usually employed in the plot. It is the seemingly insignificant characters that finally become the notable figures that rouse readers ponder. In “The Last Leaf”, Mr.Behrman who is only mentioned in only a short paragraph in the middle of the story to show who he is, and two paragraph tell the reader his rage about Sue ’s ful ly thought. The main theme of the story is that Sue takes the last fallen ivy leaf as the end of her life. Before they know the end, readers will no doubt ask some questions. How does Sue’s illness? Why does the leaf stick against the wall? Does the leaf fall down? Does Sue die? Why does the author mention Mr.Behrman? The last paragraph reveals. All suspense dissolves. The leave is painted by Behrman, while Sue lives. But the old painter died in hopeless pain by Pneumonia, or rather, to rescue Sue. He has to withstand tough wind and heavy shower and the life-long masterpiece paid off by his life. When we find the plausibility of ending in the previous passage, when Mr. Pneumonia wais called in, the Johsey scarcely moves, only looking through the small Dutch windowpanes at the blank side of the next brick house, the “blank side” of brick later provides the location for Mr.Behrman’s masterpiece, the description of Mr.Behrman. He is past 60 and has a Micheal Angeo’s Moses beard curling down from the head of a sa tyr along the body of an imp. “Micheal Angeo’s Moses” leaves readers an impression of artistic potential. “Imp” can explain why he was so weak to fight against disease.The compact structure is O. Henry’s outstanding writing technique. Events in the story are closely connected as chains of rings, which make readers eagerly interested in the ending of the story. As soon as the high light of the reverse of plots, the story ends without any redundant explanations. In “The Last Leaf”, the description of Mr.Behrman, the true hero, only takes up 500 words in more than 5000 words. Meanwhile, the story dismisses a part, rousing us readers a great deal of imagination: How can old man, above 60 years old stand on the ladder, drawing a leaf on the wall in the dreadfull y storming night, while his “shoes and clothing were wet t hrough and icy cold.”?Therefore, the main stream of O. Henry’s works is easily perceived: the suspense in addition to wry humor ending is his main rhetoric method.2.2 Surprising but logical endingThe ending of an article has long been considered as a conclusion or just a summary of the whole passage. However, O. Henry illustrates a new way, the so-called twist ending or sometimes the O. Henry’s ending. It means that at the end of an article the mental status or the fate of the character has changed greatly. But the whole passage is suddenly endowed with a great charm because of the ending. The author has your nerves all a quiver until the last sentence. The surprise comes quickly and the story is finished. O. Henry is such a master of the unexpected ending that one must admire his skills.In the story The Cop and the Anthem, Soapy, a homeless tramp, deciding to be sent to the prison on the Island which he called his winter quarter against the rigor and the hunger, attempted to practice several illegal activities for the purpose of “wooing capture”;(O, Henry 2004: 09) but the cop, who stood nearby when Soapy was trying to attract his attention by his anti-law behavior, paid no special attention to Soapy every time, even “seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong”. (O, Henry 2004: 09) Developing up here, the story must give the reader the conclusion that Soapy had to go back disappointedly to his home—a park bench. On his way, the sweet music of anthem from the church played by the organist and the beautiful moonlight scenery “wrought a sudden and wonderful change in his soul”, (O, Henry 2004: 10) he made up his mind to “pull himself out of the mire”(O, Henry 2004: 10)and “make a man of himself again”. (O, Henry 2004: 10) Moving like this, the plot is not completely understandable at once. When the reader is puzzled about the use and meaning of growing plot, and just while Soapy was planning his tomorrow’s action for being “somebody in the world”, (O, Henry 2004: 11) an unforeseen plot, and just while abruptly: he was arrested because a policeman thought him doubtful, and the next day he was sentence to “three months on the Island”. (O, Henry 2004: 11) The story stops here suddenly in spite of the reader’s not immediate understanding. But after a moment of consideration, the reader’s surprise turns into admiration for hisastonishing contrivance of tricky ending which reveals rigorously the real facts of reversal between truth and falsehood in capitalist society which confuses right and wrong.2.3 Humorous and witty toneO. Henry, a great designer, is skillful enough to dye some color of pink in a tragedy, or kind of sadness in comedy. O. Henry’s stories are humorous encyclopedia of American life. This means that this work is full of various humors, sometimes even with exaggeration. It fully discloses the essence of American society: the weak are the prey of the strong, which is regarded as the law of the jungle universally. Right and wrong are confused, good and evil are disordered; Materialism and individualism dominate people’s mind. This writing technique makes his work enjoy the fame of “Smile with Tears”.The humorous paragraph describes the congested conditions of a room where the hero and heroin live in the “The Service of Love”, the story tells of an earnest young pair of art students, the Lattabees, who prop up each other’s courage when their funds run out by pretending to have lucked into a steady income from their professional skill in painting and music. But it turns out that Delia’s service has been ironing shirts in a laundry while Joe has been firing the furnace in the same building. Readers are not surprised to find out how precious their genuine love for each other is. Monetarily they were poor, but they are mentally wealthy. We may laugh with tears after finishing reading the story. O. Henry carries an abundant good humor with hum and sees the bright and amusing side of things. O. Henry is not the comic wit that explodes the reader into a huge guffaw of laughter and vanishes. His humor and twist ending are of that deep quality that smiles at life itself and mingles our amusement with our tears.Such examples can be found throughout the story. These sentences seem to be talked about very casually to make the story appear to be a comedy. But meanwhile, we can also feel the sadness and helplessness of the hero Soapy. Readers are seduced by humor language and stories plots step by step, but finally cannot help laughing, but with pitiful tears.3. The humanity of characterAmong 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. There are good and evil elements in human nature, for the two are often mixed with each other more or less. When the good elements in human nature occupy the predominant portion, man will carry forward his virtues such as kindness, generosity, hospitality, self-sacrifice for love and friendship, helping others without asking for rewards. While the evil things defeat the good in human nature, man willdisplay such human defects as being gluttonous and lazy, rapacious, officious, vain arrogant, cowardly, impetuous etc. The human motives become more and more mysterious and various. When tempted, good man would do evil things; when moved by noble-minded people or touching things, the demon will forsake darkness for light and turn over a new leaf in his life. In O. Henry's world, established figures become boobs and rich men become dunces, while rogues become heroes and down-and-outers become gentlemen.3.1 The human virtuesHuman being has many virtues from ancient times to the present. They are kind, brave, honest, hard working, polite, thrifty, generous, hospital and so on. Some people still pay a great deal in order to maintain these virtues, they sacrifice their own happiness even their life for lofty love and friendship; they help others without asking for rewards and regard it as a pleasure; they give up their own treasure and chance to others etc. Such people bring love and fine things to the world; they are the ones who endow the world with light and hope. O. Henry has a great understanding of the trials of the lower class, and he frequently pictures the lives of ordinary people of early twentieth century America with warm and sympathetic colors. These characters are frequently the overlooked: the struggling shops girl, the unsuccessful artist, and the impoverished. Even Theodore Roosevelt said: “It was O. Henry who started me on my cam paign for office girls.” There is no denying that the narratives of humanity by O. Henry have everlasting influence. Although they are poor, leading the life “made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominat ing”,they still think, “If a home is happy i t cannot fit too close.”Most of O. Henry’s stories show that the humble little insignificant people of New York are just as admirable and their lives are as worthy of attention and interest and, as he implies, as respectable as the members of the Four Hundred.Take “The Gift of the Magi” as an example, we will find the ingenuity of O. Henry’s unexpected endings. From that condensation of the charm of human virtues the love-sacrificial theme is shown. 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 author arranges the entire plot just to get the readers to wait, to cause suspense, the pleasurable excitement and anticipation of the outcome. From the beginning, the readers keep guessing what Jim and Della will buy for each other, and the coincidence of their gift is the great suspense the author put in his article. And then he gives the answer to the question. Here is the ending: “Here I have lamely related to you the u neventful chronicle of two foolish children ina flat who most unwisely scarified for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in the last word to the wise of these days let it be said tha t of all who give gifts.” (O, Henry 2004: 35) However, the story end comes when Jim reveals that he has sold his watch to buy Dalla her present, from where the poor couple’s love is show. Therefore, O. Henry ends the story artfully, and with deft touches he elicits the reader’s admiration and sympathy for his young couple shows love for each other more than compensates for their lack of money and material possessions. Though confronted with cruel reality and dull daily routine, Della and Jim can never change their eagerness toward love. To them the most valuable material possession is so slight and insignificant before the spiritual possession of love romance. That is sparkling with fragrant charm.There is another story about sacrificial theme entitled “The Last Leaf”, a warm and tragic tale describing how a dying artist proves as resilient as the last leaf on the wall outside. Sue, a poor painter, attacked by Pneumonia, wanted to turn loose her hold on everything, and go sailing down, just like one of those poor tires leave. But after beating rain and fierce gusts of wind, an ivy leaf still stands against the brick wall, which gives her the hope of living, mak ing her realize that: “It is a sin to want to die”. The ending reveals that Mr. Behrman, a kind old artist dies at previous night by pneumonia, painting the leave on an outdoor vine in the storming night ----in his effort to restore Sue’s will to live. Though the touching ending makes us absorbed in sadness, the readers can still find gleams of hope and desire out of despair. It not only enlightens the girl’s courage for better life but also moves every reader to tears. Those glittering human virtues however counterpoint to the capitalist industrial bourgeoisies’ human defeats, telling us that life is supreme and thus upgrading the theme.By and large, through the portrayal the panorama of a throng of people either of upper class or lower class, O. Henry’s eulogize the specious and precious human virtues.3.2 The human defectsOn the other hand, human beings have many defects, too. They benefit themselves at the expense of others. In order to make money they never show mercy and sympathy to the poor. They realize their own aims by hook or by crook. Their evil deeds make the world vicious. By exposing the human defects and the dark side of the world, O. Henry w ants to awaken people’s conscience and their deepest desire for all good things, so that people can make their efforts to save and clean the whole world. Some people love money than anything else. In “Mammon and the Archer”, Anthony Fuckwell, a retired man ufacturer and proprietor of Rockwall’ Soap, has the greatest esteem for the value of money. “I bet my money on money every time, I’ve been through the encyclopedia down to Y looking for something you can’t buy with it, andI expect to have to take to the a ppendix next week, I’m for money against the field. Tell me something money won’t buy. ” (O, Henry 2004: 113) His son wants to ask for a girl’s hand but there is too little time left. Surprisingly, a fortunately traffic tie-up offers enough time for the son. But the ending discloses that it is the father who makes the accident in order to help his son to win the girl’s heart. The theme of the story come out: confronted with the Mammon even Archer has to be bent his head down. To Anthony and his peers, the only thing worthy of their thought is money. With the ironic rhetoric method, O. Henry ends the story with a fat boy without any clothes on shooting arrow around with a bow. That is pictured Cupid, in a new, unexpected way, thus bringing readers a new sense to the topic “Mammon and the Archer”. This usage of the twist ending adds artistic effect to the person’s character described.In a capitalist society, many people even do evil things against their conscience, so as to earn money. In “The Furnished Room”, the housekeeper, Mrs. Purdy, cheats a young man who is seeking his lover, in order to let him rent the room. Then the young man commits suicide out of despair. At the end, after the young man dies, we find the man’s lover commit suicide at the same rented room. Mrs.Purdy talks about it with another housekeeper in an indifferent tone as if it were only a trifle that could be the topic for gossip over dinner. The society is so doomed by an atmosphere of gloom and indifference that it makes people treat others or even friends without sympathy, equaling to committing murder.In “The Romance of a Busy Broker”, the businessman Maxwell is so crazy about his golden eternal business- make big money against the clock. More than that he even forgets he has married or not. And in a tumult of a preparation out of his work, he asks his wife to marry again. Those twist ending exploses the whole theme of the article. Are the readers to deride the broker or to show sympathy for the broker’s tender wife?The author uses pungent rhetoric methods not only to show us the humanity vividly, but also to enhance the theme: the gluttonous and cruel side of those bourgeoisies.4. ConclusionO. Henry focuses on the poverty-stricken life and spiritual depression of common people. 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 notonly arouses readers ponder about the humanity but also earns O. Henry’s story fame of “smile with tears”. Henry not only widens the experience of his readers, he also restates the verities that exist wherever people continue to strive for truth and beauty in life. The humanity reflected from the twist ending makes his stories at their best an influence for the furthering of those ideals that still tend to command the allegiance of civilized men. O. Henry is the “founder of American stories”. His works are like a mirror of American society at that time. A multiple of reflections are rippling through the years passing by. The plots in O. Henry’s works appear to be nothing special at first glance. Nevertheless, read those to the ending and you will find something unusual out of what seems to be too ordinary. His works are full of depth in portraying an unfathomable humanity of character.In a nutshell, O. Henry’s artistic charms will everlast and be viewed as a perpetual encyclopedia of American life.Bibliography[1] Medrick, Fred. An introduction to American literature[M]. 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Secondly, I’d like to express my gratitude to my classmates who offered me references and information on time. Last but not least, I’d like to thank those leaders, teachers and working staff in Normal University and especially those in the School of Foreign Languages. Without their help, it would be much harder for me to finish my study this paper.。
欧亨利《麦琪的礼物》英文读后感TheMeaningofGift
欧亨利《麦琪的礼物》英文读后感TheMeaningofGiftThe Meaning of GiftO.Henry (1862-1910) was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Although his plot is full of coincidence, the surprise ending is his feature and appeals to the reader so much. He is one of three short story masters in the world.(O.Henry, Maupassant, Chekhov)Henry's first collection, Cabbages and Kings appeared in 1904. The second, The Four Million, was published two years later and included his well-known stories "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Furnished Room". The Trimmed Lamp (1907) included "The Last Leaf". Henry's best known work is perhaps the much anthologized "The Ransom of Red Chief", included in the collection Whirligigs (1910). The Heart of the West (1907) presented tales of the Texas range. O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.I chose The Four Million this term. There are many short fictions in this collection,and every of them are worth reading. However, TheGiftoftheMagi left a deep impression on me. I consider itas the most touching novel I have ever read. It is delicate and beautiful. It contains love and tenderness.In this article, O. Henry used his style of writing narrated a winding and simple story with humor and a little sadness. The story is about the young couple, who was short of money but had developed deep affection for each other, wanted to buy their lovers a surprising Christmas gift. Unbeknown to Jim, Della sold her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, which was described as “a brown cascade”“had the queen of Shebalivedin the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out thewindow someday to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts”, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; while unbeknown to Della, Jim sold his own most valuable possession,his watch, which was appreciated as “hadKing Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement,Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluckat his beard from envy”, to buy a set of comb with pure tortoise shell andjewelled rimsfor Della's hair.The young couple sacrificedtheir greater treasures to a gift, but neither had practical need for the other’s gift any more. But in the last paragraph, the author wrote,“But in a lastword to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts thesetwo were the wisest. All who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest.Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.”In this materialistic society, people often use money to measuregifts.They even forget the persons they love and the persons who love them.Nevertheless, whenever people give gifts for their monetary value or physical impressions, the gifts are immediately devalued. When bags of gifts which are packaged delicately in front of us,what can us see except empty and blank? Parents feel happy because of our simple greeting cards in their birthday, or a few words of blessing.These gifts are incredibly simple, but true.We need to care more about others,no matter how much money we have.What our loved one need is how our concerns about him or her. Not only in some important festivals but also in our daily life,don’t niggard to show your love.AlthoughJim and Della were as poor as a church mouse, aslong as they had love, they felt happier than any millionaire.。
《欧 亨利短篇小说选》读后感 英文500字
《欧亨利短篇小说选》读后感英文500字After reading the selection of short stories by O. Henry, I was left with an appreciation for the creativity and ingenuity of the author's writing style. The stories are witty, clever, and satisfying in their endings. Every story has some sort of twist that makes the reader reflect on it in a new light. I particularly enjoyed how Henry wrote from various points-of-view, which gave the stories a greater range of emotion and perspective.The use of symbolism, irony, and allegory is another of the features that add so much to the pleasure of reading his stories. His stories make use of the complexities of everyday life and the pursuit of the American dream. For example, his story "The Gift of the Magi" tells the story of two young lovers who sacrifice for each other, demonstrating their commitment and love.Henry has the ability to draw out the humanity in his characters, giving them more depth and complexity than may have been expected at first glance. His main characters are often flawed, but also have redeeming qualities that make them sympathetic to the reader.In conclusion, I was very impressed with the quality of O. Henry’s writing. His keen insight into human nature and the way he can express complex ideas in simple ways make him one of the greatest storytellers of his time. I am sure that his work will be read and appreciated for many years to come.。
对欧亨利小说英文版的评价
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对欧亨利小说的评价篇一Reaction to an ArticleShort Stories of O. Henry O. Henry is a nice master of short story at the twentieth century in America. His unique sense of humor is full of depression and sad emotions. Due to this kind of bitter laughter, we could feel exaggerated, cynical, witty and humorous when we read them.Throughout O. Henrys work, the plot develops unexpectedly at the end of the story. When the readers feel dismayed, they actually believe that the author really gives a reasonable end of the story. Its quite fantastic. Henry is also good at observing things and focus on details, which makes his writing lively. Anyhow, The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf give me an impression mostly.The Gift of the Magi mainly tells the story that the day before Christmas, poor Della want to give her husband Jim a surprise. However, she only had one dollar and eighty-seven cents. She knew that the little money was not enough to buy anice present. So Della sold her long, beautiful hair which fell about her shoulders like a cascade of brown waters. Then, Della looked all over the shop, finally buying a platinum fob chain, which can be matched with Jims watch. But, Jim wanted to surprise Della as well. He sold his proud gold watch and bought her a set of combs that Della had watched long in a Broadways window. After reading this article, it really gives me a big shock. In this story, the main characters all lost their most valuable thingsJims golden watch and Dellas beautiful hair. Behind this, I saw they loved each other deeply. The love in their family letting me feel that cold Christmas Eve has become the warmest heaven just because of their gifts. It is so selfless that that they can sacrifice their most valuable things in order to give each other the best gift. I learned how to respect others love and how to love others. With this kind of love, mutual understanding between man and woman could full of trust and affection. I firmly believe that the world will have a better tomorrow as long as our hearts full of love.The story The Last Leaf described a young couple of good friends Sue and Joanna, whofound their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so congenial that they joint studio resulted. Unfortunately, anunseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, spread in the in that city and Joanna got it seriously. One day afternoon, Joanna was desperately looking out of the window and was counting the leaves on the ivy tree. She firmly convinced that she would leave the world after the last leaf fell. She hadnt any passion for the future life. Sue has no other better way but to ask help from Mr. Behrman, an old poor artist who lived on the ground floor beneath them, was a failure in art. He has always wanted to paint a masterpiece, but had never begun it. At the beginning, he was very scornful about this frustrated girl who was giving up her life after hearing of the last leaf story from Sue.Actually,in this old mans feeling inside, he earnestly wanted to save this poor and young girl. He painted the last vivid and lovely leaf throughout a dreadful night. Finally, this masterpiece has been completed and Joanna was full of hope again. However, Mr. Behrman died because of the Pneumonia. The story ended here, but, the sincere friendship would never stop forever because it is hovered in the readers heart. Let us respect this best art-manBehrman.Though Behrman died at the end of the novel, such way of Behrmans death is really surprising. Because we all know, hispneumonia was much worse than Joanna and his death will come sooner or later. Anyways, Behrman saved Joanna in a silent and artistic way, which truly shocked me. In O. Henrys eyes, Behrman was a failure in art, but we might say he was a success in humanity. Thats also why I like Henrys novel, even though O. Henry did not give Behrman too many words.By the way, I also associate him with my parents after reading The Last Leaf. Our parents breed us and give us their best present. Just like old Behrman, who sacrificed himself, helped Joanna cheer up. Here is also another story. A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. After a long time, the boy came back.However, in order to live, he picked all the trees apples and sold them for money. The boy even chopped off the branches to build his house and used its trunk to build the boat. Finally, the boy returned after he left for many years. He is too old and wanted a place to rest. The old tree shared its roots and gave the last best place to the boy. The boy is like us and the tree is just like old Behrman, our parents. So, we shalldo all of our efforts to return the contributions to them. In many conditions, O. Henrys novel is so attractive and wonderful. With these unexpected but reasonable endings, Henry expresses his ideas completely something reflects the reality of the society. Perhaps, this might be the reason why O. Henry is so famous.对欧亨利小说的评价篇二Reading Henry Henrys novels, there is always a relaxed but can not wait to feel, is easy, because his story is not heavy, and that can not wait, but also because I always eager to know the truth, Look at this seems to be not logical, unexpected, but reasonable, intriguing end.Among them, the most famous, is Maggies gift. In the beginning, the author focuses on the golden watch of James Dillingham Young and his wife, and the hair of Draco. He wrote: If the Queen of Sheba lived in the apartment opposite the courtyard, one day De la will be the hair loose down, exposing the window to dry, so that the Queens pearl baby eclipsed; if the basement filled with And when he passed by, he would work out a gold watch, so that King Solomon might be jealous with his bearded eyes. The couple lived in poverty, but fell in love with one another, The other a Christmas gift, Jim sold the table, buy a comb, and his wife has sold his hair, bought abracelet. At the beginning of this period, I really for the couple grievances, strenuous thought for each other to buy a gift, but became a great irony. The rich can spend as much money, but the poor have to use their most valuable thing to exchange. But as I read, I wrote, As you know, Maggie is a wise man and a wise man who brings presents to Jesus who was born in the manger, Since they are smart people, there is no doubt that their gifts are also smart gifts, if you run into two things exactly the same, may also have the right to exchange here, I have been awkward to introduce you to the It was not surprising that the two silly children in the apartment suite were not surprised by the plain story, and they sacrificed the most precious thing in their house for the sake of the other, but let us say the last word to the present wise man, The two of them are the cleverest, the smartest of all those who give and receive gifts, like the two of them.Wherever they are, they are the smartest people. Maggie.Yes, on the face of it, they are most unwise to sacrifice the most precious things of their home to each other. But their love for each other is the price of money, money can not be exchanged for the truth, the Christmas gift is just a symbol, but the rally of love is indeed above the crowd. They can becalled Maggie - the spread of love for the world sent the Gospel of the saints. They symbolize this valuable quality, in the authors view, this is the worlds most intelligent things.The end of this paragraph, is the European-Henry little end of the comments, but enough to see the authors praise of true love, I believe the world has the truth, the hope of a better world.In this book, I most like, there are noble liar series, Jie Pu Peters and An Dai these two liars, in the precise marriage, charity mathematics lecture, Art conscientiousness and tiger tooth extraction , through various exotic methods of deception, and sometimes at the beginning or end, you always thought that the two will do something good while cheating, such as two thousand dollars to Mrs. Trotter To get married, or to do the school, but in the end, the money or to their hands, it is ironic. But in any case, for these two liars, but how I hate it. I think the reason lies in the following passage: You go to church in your hometown, do worship, and behave like a decent citizen, but you come to Chicago and want to deprive others of money. Those people are the same kind of villains as you want to be today. You know, the people who sell counterfeit money is also a small old, rely on hisbreadwinner .It is precisely because you these hypocritical citizens specifically want to get something for nothing, only to contribute to the If you do not have them, you have nothing to do. Youre going to rob the man selling counterfeit money, and it may take years to study the industry. If he gets the money, you can go to the police, and you get his money, he had no choice but to utter a silent, pawn his coat will be replaced for a change of course, he will take the money, This is Mr. Tuckers role, and it is the inner words of Jeppe Peters. Human nature is good, no one is born to be bad, but it is precisely because these want to get something for the hypocrites, capitalists, only to make the poor people are helpless, they are forced by life, forced to cheat. The people they cheated, but also take most of the ill-gotten gains, the two use of greed, good and vanity, indolent mind, with their freedom, money and even life as a bargaining chip, to make a living, for them, What really hateful place? The author of the dark corrupt American society, is the biggest liar, is the source of evil.In addition, there are flashy, car waiting time, the two articles side by side, a encounter, the real upper class to hide their identity, the poor have their own illusory into the rich, which can be seen at the time the United States The socialatmosphere - money first. This trend is still prevalent in many places, is lamentable. This is the inner contradiction of Europe Henry, on the one hand, he believed and praised the true love of mankind, such as Maggies Gift, Love Dedication, Bear John Toms Ancestral Phenomenon , He satirized the world of things unpredictable, hypocritical cunning side, such as with furniture rental room two Thanksgiving gentleman. In his pen, the bad guys have good side, and the so-called gentleman, powerful people, is the real forces of darkness. Such as re-life in Jimmy, the tigers mouth extraction in the hardware giant. This is obviously not consistent with the logic of ordinary people can be read down, look at the community, this is the truth. Perhaps people marvel at the ingenious writing of Henry Henry, but more of a shock to the dark side of society in which we are looming but no one dares to face it.对欧亨利小说的评价篇三Police and hymn should be the text we have learned very ironic, and impressed me a very short story. Holiday is very happy to buy back this book, so when the toilet every day will be more than a pastime content.Europe Henrys novel idea, language, humor, the outcome is often surprising; and because of the description of a large number of characters, rich in life, known as theAmerican life of the encyclopedia of humor.Therefore, his best short stories such as Sacrifice of Love, Police and Hymn, Room with Furniture Rental, Gift of Maggie and Last Ivy of Leaves Short stories. His words are lively, good at using puns, correct pronunciation, homophonic and old code new ideas, fun, be known as [tearful smile]. He also describes, creates and reproduces the atmosphere, especially the metropolitan nightlife, with precise details.There is a unique art style called tearful smile. Europe Henrys soul in the novel all cohesion in the end, so that the reader seems to be plain before the witty and humorous description of the sounds, unknowingly entered the author carefully set the maze, until the last , Suddenly, such as electric light flash, before illuminating the previously hidden everything, as if in the reader hide and seek, or in the play masks, to the reader the last surprise.Maggies Gift is an interesting article written by O. Henry. It tells the story of Christmas the day before, the poor Dela in the apartment wanted to give her husband Jim a surprise, but she only one dollar octagonal seven points, she knew that this money is not enough to buy any good gift, so she put Pride in the brown waterfall-like hair cut down, sold, in exchange for 20 dollars.Looking through the shops, Della spent 21 dollars, and finally buy a simple platinum bracelet, which can be accompanied by Jims piece of gold watch. Jim also wanted to give his wife a surprise, he also sold the proud gold watch, bought the envy of long-awaited full set of beautiful combs for Christmas gifts.From this article, although on the surface they are very unwise to sacrifice their home each others most precious things, but I deeply feel that they love each other each other. They can sacrifice their most expensive items, in order to buy the best gift to each other. But the two sides to sell their precious items, then the other partys gift is not suitable for their own, and they do these things, are for the sake of each other, did not consider themselves. It is because they love each other, and is deeply in love with each other, will have such an interesting ending. Europe Henry to the short stories of the United States to bring new atmosphere, his work which has long enjoyed a good reputation, and has the world influence. Love is also intoxicating why the wine, the book can be incense I do not have to spend.第11页共11页。
the gift of the Magi欧亨利短篇小说分析
• When Jim comes home, he reveals that he has sold his watch to buy lovely combs for Della's hair.
• The two are overcome with love as they realize they have each sacrificed their most prized possession for one another.
摘选
• There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
The Gift of the Magi
《麦琪的礼物》欧亨利短篇小说分析
作者与小说风格
• 作为短篇小说大师的欧·亨利，最善于捕捉和把握生活中的典型场面，善于在典型的环 境和场面中塑造人物的性格特征，他在短篇小说的艺术处理上最大特点就是“小说的意 外结局”。出乎意料，又在情理之中。读者眼看着情节似乎明明朝着一个方向发展，但 结局往往来了个出其不意。然而这意外的结局一般来说又是令人宽慰的，正是所谓“含 泪的微笑”。在他的小说中，幽默的语言是贯穿始终的，特别是意外的结局令小说产生 出令人啼笑皆非的幽默效果，也是其短篇小说的重要特点之一。
主要ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ容
• 圣诞节的前一天,住在公寓里的贫穷的黛拉想给丈夫吉姆一个惊喜,可是她只有一元八角 七,她知道这点钱根本不够买一件像样的的礼物,于是她把引以自豪的褐色瀑布似的秀发 剪下来,卖了,换来了20美元。找遍了大大小小的商店,她花去21美元,终于买到一条朴素的 白金表链,这可以配上吉姆的那块金表。而吉姆也想给老婆一个惊喜,他同样卖掉了祖传 的一块金表，吉姆卖掉了他的金表为德拉买了一套“纯玳瑁做的，边上镶着珠宝”的梳子； 黛拉卖掉了自己的长发为吉姆买了一条白金表链。他们都为对方舍弃了自己最宝贵的东 西，而换来的礼物却因此变得毫无作用了。
欧亨利读后感英文作文
欧亨利读后感英文作文英文：After reading O. Henry's works, I couldn't help butfeel a sense of admiration for his storytelling skills and the way he captures the essence of human nature in his stories. O. Henry has a unique way of blending humor and irony, and his stories often have unexpected twists that leave a lasting impression on the reader.One of the stories that particularly stood out to me was "The Gift of the Magi." The story's theme of selflessness and sacrifice really resonated with me, and the twist at the end was both heartwarming and bittersweet. It made me reflect on the true meaning of love and the importance of putting others before ourselves.Another story that I found captivating was "The Last Leaf." The way O. Henry portrays the power of hope and the resilience of the human spirit through the character ofJohnsy was truly moving. It reminded me of the saying, "Where there's life, there's hope," and it left me with a renewed sense of optimism.Overall, O. Henry's works have left a deep impression on me, and I can't help but admire his ability to weave intricate and thought-provoking stories that resonate with readers on a personal level.中文：读完欧亨利的作品后，我不禁对他的讲故事技巧和捕捉人性精髓的方式感到钦佩。
《欧 亨利短篇小说选》英文读后感
《欧亨利短篇小说选》英文读后感As a renowned author of short stories, O. Henry has captured the hearts of many readers with his distinctive style of storytelling. In his collection of short stories titled "Selected Short Stories by O. Henry", Henry presents a unique view of life, full of twists and turns that often leave the reader with a sense of surprise and wonder.One of the stories in the book that stood out for me was "The Gift of the Magi". It tells of a young couple, Jim and Della, who are struggling financially but wish to give each other meaningful Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to each other, Jim sells his precious pocket watch to buy Della a set of combs for her beautiful hair, while Della cuts her long locks and sells them to buy Jim a chain for his pocket watch.Henry's storytelling in this story is masterful, building up the tension as the two characters prepare for their gifts exchange, and culminating in a heartwarming ending that leaves the reader with a sense of joy and admiration for the couple's love and sacrifice for each other.Another story that I enjoyed is "The Last Leaf". It tells of two young women, Sue and Johnsy, who live in an apartment at the top of a building. Johnsy contracts pneumonia and becomes convinced that she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. As the days go by and the leaves fall one by one, Sue calls on a neighbor to create a painting of a leaf on the wall to deceive Johnsy and bring her hope. Eventually, Johnsy recovers, and the two women discover that the leaf outside their window wasreal and had not fallen, serving as a symbol of hope and resilience.What impresses me most about "The Last Leaf" is the emotional depth that Henry is able to convey in such a short story. The character of Johnsy, in particular, is well written, and the reader feels her fear and desperation as she clings to the belief that she is going to die. The story also explores themes of friendship, hope, and the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity.Lastly, "A Retrieved Reformation" is a story that highlights Henry's skills in plot development and characterization. The story portrays the character of Jimmy Valentine, a skilled safe-cracker, who is released from prison after serving ten years. He adopts a new identity and tries to turn over a new leaf but is drawn back to his old ways when he learns that his love interest's father is locked inside a safe that he cannot open.The twist in this story comes when Jimmy, instead of using his skills to open the safe and steal from it, instead decides to use his expertise to save the man's life. Through this act of altruism, Jimmy is able to redeem himself and start a new life, leaving his criminal past behind.In conclusion, O. Henry's "Selected Short Stories" is an excellent collection that showcases his unique style of storytelling. The stories are each unique and have a timeless quality that speaks to their universal themes and relatable characters. I highly recommend this book to any reader looking for a great short story collection.。
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对欧亨利小说英文版的评价作者们的小说一般对我们有很大的影响。
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对欧亨利小说的评价篇一Reaction to an ArticleShort Stories of O. Henry O. Henry is a nice master of short story at the twentieth century in America. His unique sense of humor is full of depression and sad emotions. Due to this kind of bitter laughter, we could feel exaggerated, cynical, witty and humorous when we read them.Throughout O. Henrys work, the plot develops unexpectedly at the end of the story. When the readers feel dismayed, they actually believe that the author really gives a reasonable end of the story. Its quite fantastic. Henry is also good at observing things and focus on details, which makes his writing lively. Anyhow, The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf give me an impression mostly.The Gift of the Magi mainly tells the story that the day before Christmas, poor Della want to give her husband Jim a surprise. However, she only had one dollar and eighty-seven cents. She knew that the little money was not enough to buy anice present. So Della sold her long, beautiful hair which fell about her shoulders like a cascade of brown waters. Then, Della looked all over the shop, finally buying a platinum fob chain, which can be matched with Jims watch. But, Jim wanted to surprise Della as well. He sold his proud gold watch and bought her a set of combs that Della had watched long in a Broadways window. After reading this article, it really gives me a big shock. In this story, the main characters all lost their most valuable thingsJims golden watch and Dellas beautiful hair. Behind this, I saw they loved each other deeply. The love in their family letting me feel that cold Christmas Eve has become the warmest heaven just because of their gifts. It is so selfless that that they can sacrifice their most valuable things in order to give each other the best gift. I learned how to respect others love and how to love others. With this kind of love, mutual understanding between man and woman could full of trust and affection. I firmly believe that the world will have a better tomorrow as long as our hearts full of love.The story The Last Leaf described a young couple of good friends Sue and Joanna, whofound their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so congenial that they joint studio resulted. Unfortunately, anunseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, spread in the in that city and Joanna got it seriously. One day afternoon, Joanna was desperately looking out of the window and was counting the leaves on the ivy tree. She firmly convinced that she would leave the world after the last leaf fell. She hadnt any passion for the future life. Sue has no other better way but to ask help from Mr. Behrman, an old poor artist who lived on the ground floor beneath them, was a failure in art. He has always wanted to paint a masterpiece, but had never begun it. At the beginning, he was very scornful about this frustrated girl who was giving up her life after hearing of the last leaf story from Sue.Actually,in this old mans feeling inside, he earnestly wanted to save this poor and young girl. He painted the last vivid and lovely leaf throughout a dreadful night. Finally, this masterpiece has been completed and Joanna was full of hope again. However, Mr. Behrman died because of the Pneumonia. The story ended here, but, the sincere friendship would never stop forever because it is hovered in the readers heart. Let us respect this best art-manBehrman.Though Behrman died at the end of the novel, such way of Behrmans death is really surprising. Because we all know, hispneumonia was much worse than Joanna and his death will come sooner or later. Anyways, Behrman saved Joanna in a silent and artistic way, which truly shocked me. In O. Henrys eyes, Behrman was a failure in art, but we might say he was a success in humanity. Thats also why I like Henrys novel, even though O. Henry did not give Behrman too many words.By the way, I also associate him with my parents after reading The Last Leaf. Our parents breed us and give us their best present. Just like old Behrman, who sacrificed himself, helped Joanna cheer up. Here is also another story. A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. After a long time, the boy came back.However, in order to live, he picked all the trees apples and sold them for money. The boy even chopped off the branches to build his house and used its trunk to build the boat. Finally, the boy returned after he left for many years. He is too old and wanted a place to rest. The old tree shared its roots and gave the last best place to the boy. The boy is like us and the tree is just like old Behrman, our parents. So, we shalldo all of our efforts to return the contributions to them. In many conditions, O. Henrys novel is so attractive and wonderful. With these unexpected but reasonable endings, Henry expresses his ideas completely something reflects the reality of the society. Perhaps, this might be the reason why O. Henry is so famous.对欧亨利小说的评价篇二Reading Henry Henrys novels, there is always a relaxed but can not wait to feel, is easy, because his story is not heavy, and that can not wait, but also because I always eager to know the truth, Look at this seems to be not logical, unexpected, but reasonable, intriguing end.Among them, the most famous, is Maggies gift. In the beginning, the author focuses on the golden watch of James Dillingham Young and his wife, and the hair of Draco. He wrote: If the Queen of Sheba lived in the apartment opposite the courtyard, one day De la will be the hair loose down, exposing the window to dry, so that the Queens pearl baby eclipsed; if the basement filled with And when he passed by, he would work out a gold watch, so that King Solomon might be jealous with his bearded eyes. The couple lived in poverty, but fell in love with one another, The other a Christmas gift, Jim sold the table, buy a comb, and his wife has sold his hair, bought abracelet. At the beginning of this period, I really for the couple grievances, strenuous thought for each other to buy a gift, but became a great irony. The rich can spend as much money, but the poor have to use their most valuable thing to exchange. But as I read, I wrote, As you know, Maggie is a wise man and a wise man who brings presents to Jesus who was born in the manger, Since they are smart people, there is no doubt that their gifts are also smart gifts, if you run into two things exactly the same, may also have the right to exchange here, I have been awkward to introduce you to the It was not surprising that the two silly children in the apartment suite were not surprised by the plain story, and they sacrificed the most precious thing in their house for the sake of the other, but let us say the last word to the present wise man, The two of them are the cleverest, the smartest of all those who give and receive gifts, like the two of them.Wherever they are, they are the smartest people. Maggie.Yes, on the face of it, they are most unwise to sacrifice the most precious things of their home to each other. But their love for each other is the price of money, money can not be exchanged for the truth, the Christmas gift is just a symbol, but the rally of love is indeed above the crowd. They can becalled Maggie - the spread of love for the world sent the Gospel of the saints. They symbolize this valuable quality, in the authors view, this is the worlds most intelligent things.The end of this paragraph, is the European-Henry little end of the comments, but enough to see the authors praise of true love, I believe the world has the truth, the hope of a better world.In this book, I most like, there are noble liar series, Jie Pu Peters and An Dai these two liars, in the precise marriage, charity mathematics lecture, Art conscientiousness and tiger tooth extraction , through various exotic methods of deception, and sometimes at the beginning or end, you always thought that the two will do something good while cheating, such as two thousand dollars to Mrs. Trotter To get married, or to do the school, but in the end, the money or to their hands, it is ironic. But in any case, for these two liars, but how I hate it. I think the reason lies in the following passage: You go to church in your hometown, do worship, and behave like a decent citizen, but you come to Chicago and want to deprive others of money. Those people are the same kind of villains as you want to be today. You know, the people who sell counterfeit money is also a small old, rely on hisbreadwinner .It is precisely because you these hypocritical citizens specifically want to get something for nothing, only to contribute to the If you do not have them, you have nothing to do. Youre going to rob the man selling counterfeit money, and it may take years to study the industry. If he gets the money, you can go to the police, and you get his money, he had no choice but to utter a silent, pawn his coat will be replaced for a change of course, he will take the money, This is Mr. Tuckers role, and it is the inner words of Jeppe Peters. Human nature is good, no one is born to be bad, but it is precisely because these want to get something for the hypocrites, capitalists, only to make the poor people are helpless, they are forced by life, forced to cheat. The people they cheated, but also take most of the ill-gotten gains, the two use of greed, good and vanity, indolent mind, with their freedom, money and even life as a bargaining chip, to make a living, for them, What really hateful place? The author of the dark corrupt American society, is the biggest liar, is the source of evil.In addition, there are flashy, car waiting time, the two articles side by side, a encounter, the real upper class to hide their identity, the poor have their own illusory into the rich, which can be seen at the time the United States The socialatmosphere - money first. This trend is still prevalent in many places, is lamentable. This is the inner contradiction of Europe Henry, on the one hand, he believed and praised the true love of mankind, such as Maggies Gift, Love Dedication, Bear John Toms Ancestral Phenomenon , He satirized the world of things unpredictable, hypocritical cunning side, such as with furniture rental room two Thanksgiving gentleman. In his pen, the bad guys have good side, and the so-called gentleman, powerful people, is the real forces of darkness. Such as re-life in Jimmy, the tigers mouth extraction in the hardware giant. This is obviously not consistent with the logic of ordinary people can be read down, look at the community, this is the truth. Perhaps people marvel at the ingenious writing of Henry Henry, but more of a shock to the dark side of society in which we are looming but no one dares to face it.对欧亨利小说的评价篇三Police and hymn should be the text we have learned very ironic, and impressed me a very short story. Holiday is very happy to buy back this book, so when the toilet every day will be more than a pastime content.Europe Henrys novel idea, language, humor, the outcome is often surprising; and because of the description of a large number of characters, rich in life, known as theAmerican life of the encyclopedia of humor.Therefore, his best short stories such as Sacrifice of Love, Police and Hymn, Room with Furniture Rental, Gift of Maggie and Last Ivy of Leaves Short stories. His words are lively, good at using puns, correct pronunciation, homophonic and old code new ideas, fun, be known as [tearful smile]. He also describes, creates and reproduces the atmosphere, especially the metropolitan nightlife, with precise details.There is a unique art style called tearful smile. Europe Henrys soul in the novel all cohesion in the end, so that the reader seems to be plain before the witty and humorous description of the sounds, unknowingly entered the author carefully set the maze, until the last , Suddenly, such as electric light flash, before illuminating the previously hidden everything, as if in the reader hide and seek, or in the play masks, to the reader the last surprise.Maggies Gift is an interesting article written by O. Henry. It tells the story of Christmas the day before, the poor Dela in the apartment wanted to give her husband Jim a surprise, but she only one dollar octagonal seven points, she knew that this money is not enough to buy any good gift, so she put Pride in the brown waterfall-like hair cut down, sold, in exchange for 20 dollars.Looking through the shops, Della spent 21 dollars, and finally buy a simple platinum bracelet, which can be accompanied by Jims piece of gold watch. Jim also wanted to give his wife a surprise, he also sold the proud gold watch, bought the envy of long-awaited full set of beautiful combs for Christmas gifts.From this article, although on the surface they are very unwise to sacrifice their home each others most precious things, but I deeply feel that they love each other each other. They can sacrifice their most expensive items, in order to buy the best gift to each other. But the two sides to sell their precious items, then the other partys gift is not suitable for their own, and they do these things, are for the sake of each other, did not consider themselves. It is because they love each other, and is deeply in love with each other, will have such an interesting ending. Europe Henry to the short stories of the United States to bring new atmosphere, his work which has long enjoyed a good reputation, and has the world influence. Love is also intoxicating why the wine, the book can be incense I do not have to spend.第11页共11页。