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The Human Touch Group 4 catalog The Last Leaf Learning What is the human touch? Originated from the warmest aspect from human normal feelings, a natual revealment from real emotions among one another, giving others a wonderful felling of love, care and an encouraging spirit. Also means care and encouragement amongst. Family Family  Friendship And so on…… quotation There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.---Edith 传递光亮有两种方式：成为一支蜡烛或当一面镜子。----伊迪丝·沃顿 We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.---Churchill 我们靠所得来谋生，但靠给予来创造生活。----丘吉尔 The true meaning of life is to plant trees,under whose shade you do not expect to sit.---Nelson Henderson 人生的真谛就是植树而不想去坐享那树荫。---奈尔森·亨德森 1 2 Born: on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina Died: on June 5, 1910 Experiences: worked as a bookkeeper, pharmacist, sheepherder, draftsman, journalist, and clerk; was in prison for three years. Works: more than 270 short stories and a novel. What do you know about O. Henry? 2 3 His main works Cabbages and Kings The Four Million The Heart of the West The Cop and the Anthem The Gift of the Magi The Last Leaf The Furnished Room O. Henry’s writing style All of O. Henry’s stories were ingeniously conceived(构思巧妙), with the endings always contrary to readers’ expectations. Though his stories’ endings are always surprising, yet not beyond reason, for both ways conform well to the logic of life. Actually, his style had a great influence on modern American fiction. Therefore, some critics called him “the founder of American stories”. Being gifted with humor and a keen awareness of details, he objectively shows us what America looks like. O.Henry’s writing style O. Henry is most famous for making simple but effective use of paradoxical coincidences to produce ironic and surprise or ‘twist’ endings, e.g. “The Last Leaf”, “The Cop and the Anthem”, and perhaps his most famous story “The Gift of the Magi”.   “