AftertwentyyearsO.HenryO.Henry(1862-1910)wasaprolificAmericanshort-storywriter,amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.Atwistofplot,whichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance,istypicalofO.Henry'sstories.O.HenryisthepennameofWilliamSydneyPorter.Heisoneofthethreeleadingshortstorywriters.Chekhov契訶夫(AntonPavlovich，1860-1904，俄國劇作家、短篇小說家)Maupassant莫泊桑(HenriRenМAlbertGuyde，1850-1893，法國短篇小說家)In1862O.HenrywasborninGreensboro,NorthCarolina.美國北卡羅來納州In1865,whenhewasthree,hismotherdied,andhewasraisedbyhisgrandmotherandaunt.Asachild,Porterwasalwaysreading,everythingfromclassicstodimenovels,hisfavoriteworkwasOneThousandandOneNights.criticalrealism

MaupassantTheManinaCaseAChameleonOnJuly1,1887,PorterelopedwithAtholandgotmarried.Atholencouragedherhusbandtopursuehiswriting.Atholgavebirthtoasonin1888,whodiedhoursafterbirth,andthenadaughter,MargaretWorthPorter,inSeptember1889.HiswifediedonJuly25,1897fromtubercu’losis.In1894hestartedahumorousweeklyTheRollingStone.Whentheweeklyfailed,hejoinedtheHoustonPostasareporterandcolumnist.In1897hewasconvictedofembezzling

moneyandsentencedtofiveyearsinprison.WhileinprisonPorterstartedtowriteshortstoriestosupporthisdaughterMargaret.PorterwasreleasedonJuly24,1901,forgoodbehaviorafterservingthreeyears.Porter'smostprolificwritingperiodstartedin1902,whenhemovedtoNewYorkCitytobenearhispublishers.Whilethere,hewrote381shortstories.HewroteastoryaweekforoverayearfortheNewYorkWorldSundayMagazine.HemarriedSaraLindsayColemanin1907,butthemarriagewasnothappy,andtheyseparatedayearlater.O.Henry'slastyearswereshadowedbyalcoholism,illhealth,andfinancialproblems.Hediedofcir’rhosisoftheliveronJune5,1910,inNewYork.Duringhislifetime,O.Henrypublished10collectionsandover600shortstories.

O?Henry'swritingthemesAclassoflifemainlyinthewesternUnitedStatesAclassoflifeinsomeU.S.citiesAclassoflifeinLatinAmericanThesedifferentthemeshaveacloserelationshipwiththeauthor'sseveralmajorlifeexperiencesoflivingindifferentperiods.Theworkswhichdescribedthecitylifehavethegreatestsignificance,andthemaximumquantity.

O.Henry’swritingstyle:CharactersofordinarypeopleRealisticdetailAtwistofplotSurprisingendingwordsmeltingsorrowsandjoysStartingfromWashingtonOwen(1784-1859),manywritersaregoodatwritingthosefunnybutmeaningfulstory.O.Henryinheritedthistradition,andwasinfluencedbythecontemporarywriters.Moreover,hehasaalifetimeoffrustrations.Allabovemakeshisuniquesenseofhumor-filledwithbitterlaughter.Atthebackofthehumor,overstates,therearesomethingmorecallingthis"tearfulsmile",whichhasdeepenedthesocialsignificanceofthework,withlong-termartisticcharm.O.Henry’sTwistingEnd

Theso-calledO.Henry’stwistendingmeans:theendofthearticlemakessensenotonlyunexpectedbutlogicalandconvincing.AsO.Henrybelievedthatlifeisfullofunexpectedthings,somostoftheendofhisnovelcomeasasurprise.Heattemptsinthisareasuccessfully.SotheliteraryworldcalledsuchamethodtobeO.Henry’stwistending.Therearesomeclassicworks,"GiftoftheMagi""thelastpieceofivy常春藤leaves““Thecopandtheanthem”.theFamousquotes

byO.HenryWhenonelovesone'sartnoserviceseemstoohard.一旦熱愛藝術(shù)，什么奉獻(xiàn)也不難。Lifeismadeupofsobs,snifflesandsmileswithsniffespredominating.人生是由嗚咽、抽泣和微笑組成的，而在三者之中，抽泣處于支配地位。Astorywithamoralappendedislikethebillofamosquito.Itboresyou,andtheninjectsastingingdroptoirritateyourconscience.一篇含有教訓(xùn)的小說，像是蚊子的嘴。它先使你討厭，然后注入一滴螫入的液體，來煩擾你的良知。theFamousquotesIfmanknewhowwomenpassthetimewhentheyarealone,they'dnevermarry.如果男人曉得女人在獨(dú)自的時(shí)候怎樣消磨時(shí)間，他們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)結(jié)婚。Whatawomanwantsiswhatyou'reoutof.Shewantsmoreofathingwhenit'sscarce.女人所想要的東西，就是你所沒有的東西。當(dāng)一種東西變?yōu)橄∩俚臅r(shí)候，她便要想多要一些。Loveandbusinessandfamilyandreligionandartandpatriotismarenothingbutshadowsofwordswhenaman'sstarving!當(dāng)一個(gè)人吃不飽飯的時(shí)候，愛情、事業(yè)、家庭、宗教、藝術(shù)和愛國都只是空洞的言詞而已。Lifeisfineandenjoyable,yetyoumustlearntoenjoyyourfinelife.人生是美好的，但你必須會(huì)享用美好的生活。Style1.unexpected,yetbelievableending.Famousforhisdistinctivegiftinmakingasurprisingbutlogical,unexpectedyetbelievableending.2.Hispeculiarhumor:humorous

yettearful3.O.HenrywrotewithrealisticdetailbasedonhisfirsthandexperiencesbothinTexasandinNewYorkCity.

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