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1、O.HenryA.HislifeexperienceB.HiswritingstyleHismajorworksO.Henry’slifeWilliamSydneyPorter(September11,1862–June5,1910),knownbyhispennameO.Henry,wasanAmericanwriter.Hewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlementchargesandsentencedto
2、fiveyearsinanOhioprison.O.Henry’slifeAfterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortsto
3、rywriter.HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.writingstyleO’HenryisoneofthegreatestAmericanshortstorywritersofthe20thcentury.Hisshortstories,depictingAmericansocietyofhistime,arebothinterestingandthought-provoking.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCityanddealforthemostpartwitho
4、rdinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses,etc.writingstyleHumanVirtues:O’Henryissympatheticwiththepoor;hepraisesthehumanvirtuesanddenounceshumandefeats.Humanity,astheeternalthemeofO’Henry’sworks,endowshisworkswithperpetualartisticcharm.HumanEvils:Byexposingthehumandefectsandthedar
5、ksidesoftheworld,O’Henrywantstoawakenpeople’sconscienceanddeepestdesireforallgoodthings,sothatpeoplecanusetheireffortstosaveandcleansethewholeworld.writingstyleHisstoriesusuallydealwithsomeself-sacrificingmembersofafamilywhoisundergoinghardshiptohelpacloserelative.Althoughhisploti
6、sfullofcoincidence,thesurpriseendingishisspecialtyandappealsverymuchtothereader.HisstoriesillustrateHenry’sstyleinvariousaspects:originalconceptionexaggeration,simileandmetaphor,humor,andsurpriseending.Wit,irony,cleverness,individualityandlocalcolorarealsotraditionalearmarksofthet
7、ypicalO’Henrystory.Majorworks"TheGiftoftheMagi"aboutayoungcouplewhoareshortofmoneybutdesperatelywanttobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnbeknownsttoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyaplatinumfobchainforJim'swatch;whileunbeknownsttoDella,Jimsellshisownm
8、ostvaluablepossession,hiswatch,to
