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O.HenryA.HislifeexperienceB.HiswritingstyleHismajorworks

O.Henry’slifeWilliamSydneyPorter(September11,1862–June5,1910),knownbyhispennameO.Henry,wasanAmericanwriter.Hewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlementchargesandsentencedtofiveyearsinanOhioprison.

O.Henry’slifeAfterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.

writingstyle

writingstyleHumanVirtues:O’Henryissympatheticwiththepoor;hepraisesthehumanvirtuesanddenounceshumandefeats.Humanity,astheeternalthemeofO’Henry’sworks,endowshisworkswithperpetualartisticcharm.HumanEvils:Byexposingthehumandefectsandthedarksidesoftheworld,O’Henrywantstoawakenpeople’sconscienceanddeepestdesireforallgoodthings,sothatpeoplecanusetheireffortstosaveandcleansethewholeworld.

writingstyleHisstoriesusuallydealwithsomeself-sacrificingmembersofafamilywhoisundergoinghardshiptohelpacloserelative.Althoughhisplotisfullofcoincidence,thesurpriseendingishisspecialtyandappealsverymuchtothereader.HisstoriesillustrateHenry’sstyleinvariousaspects:originalconceptionexaggeration,simileandmetaphor,humor,andsurpriseending.Wit,irony,cleverness,individualityandlocalcolorarealsotraditionalearmarksofthetypicalO’Henrystory.

MajorworksTheGiftoftheMagiaboutayoungcouplewhoareshortofmoneybutdesperatelywanttobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnbeknownsttoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyaplatinumfobchainforJims