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O. Henry (1862--1910) America’s most famous short story writer life experience；3, his mother died and he was brought up by his aunt. The Civil War was just over during Porter boyhood days, and times were very hard in the South. He spent all of his free time reading books, he fell in love with Athol Estes, because of the disapproval of her family, they eloped。 wealthy man ‘An alcoholic, he died virtually penniless. 3. Subject matter life of the underdogs输家: people who are defeated in the battle of life, esp. the self-sacrificing member of the family. Characters of ordinary people 4. Style: Unexpected, yet believable ending . Famous for his distinctive gift in making a surprising but logical, unexpected yet believable ending. His peculiar humor: humorous yet tearful . O. Henry wrote with realistic detail based on his first hand experiences both in Texas and in New York City. ?? 5. O. Henry Ending: O. Henry ending is also called twist ending or surprising ending, which means at the end of an article the mental status or the fate of the character has changed greatly, and also this change is based on certain reasons have mentioned in the previous article. But the whole passage is suddenly endowed with a great charm because of the sudden change and caused a long and deep consideration of the situation or problem the article has revealed. This kind of ending is often seen in the O.Henry articles and also the most successful ones are in O.Henry articles. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) 1. Sherwood Anderson: America’s first psychological fiction writer The writer of writers. 2. : Main Characters grotesque Lower class figures from small town Unsuccessful, depraved, lonely people 3. Grotesque奇异风格 “Grotesque” refers to the group of unsuccessful, depraved, lonely people from lower class in Anderson’s works, as their lives have been distorted by their inability to express themselves. Malcolm Cowley called them “emotional cripples” since they can not truly communicate wi