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1、AStudyofWritingStyleonO.Henry’s“TheLastLeaf”abstract:o.henry’’snovelsarestillpopulartodaybecauseofhishumorouslanguage,thedeepthoughtsandhisdistinctiveartofending——unexpectedbutstillreasonable.thisarticlewilltake“thelastleaf”asanexample,studiestheendingandthetechniquesinthenov
2、elintwoaspects.keywords:humorous,artofending,unexpected1.theuseofhumorinthelastleaf.in“thelastleaf”,thewriterusedfiguresofspeech,forexample,”acold,unseenstranger”“smitinghisvictimsbyscores”“thered-fisted,short-breathedoldduffer.“thepneumonia“stalkedabout”thecolony,“touching”h
3、ereandthere、”strodeboldly”.thewriterusedvividmetaphorandpersonification.inthisway,thereaderscouldclearlyfeelthatthepneumoniastruckthesmalltownandcausedmanydeaths.thisalsopavedwayforthefurtherdevelopmentoftheplot——johnsygotinfectedandwaspessimistic.thedialoguesarealsoveryinter
4、esting.whentalkingaboutjohnsy’’scondition,insteadofsaying“confidenceisimportanttosurvival”,thedoctorusedanotherway.“lining-uonthesideoftheundertaker”.it’’samorevividdescriptionandwecanfeelthatthosewhohadlosttheirconfidencewereboundtodie.anotherexampleis“countthecarriagesinher
5、funeralprocession”.ontheotherhand,thedoctorreferredtotheoptimisticstateas“askonequestionaboutthenewwinterstylesincloaksleeves”.theyalladdedanhumorousopponenttothestory.2.theartofendingino.henry’’snovel,inthegivencircumstances,peoplecouldexpectanormalending.butsuddenly,thereoc
6、cursanoccasionalchange.thecharacters’’behaviourandtheirfatetransfertoatotallydifferenttrack.itisveryuniqueandoftenmakesthereadersfeelunexpected.butifyoucarefullystudytheending,youwillfindthatit’’squitenaturalbecausethewriterhasmadeforeshadowingforit.in“thelastleaf”,aswearerea
7、ding,wewillneverthinkthatjohnsywouldrecoveranditwasjusttheoldartistinspiredher.theoldartistusedhispreciouslifetocreateamasterpiece.“thelastleaf”wasnotagenuineleaf.itwasafakeonethatwaspaintedonthewallbytheoldpainter.butifwecarefullystudythenovel,wecanfindsomeforeshadowingssetu
8、pforit.forexample,whenjohnsylayonthebed,shelookedthroughthewindowat“
