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1、,of,58,O.Henry Ending,Tearful Smile,Contents,BackgroundIntroduction,Conclusion,1,2,3,4,Writing Features&Examples,PublicComments,Background Introduction,William Sydney Porter,1862-1910,Pen name：O.Henry,American short story writer,Known for wit,wordplay,warm characterization,andsurprise endings,Backgr
2、ound Introduction,Three famous Short Story Writers,Anton kowolski vicki Chekhov,O.Henry,Guy de Maupassant,Father drunk,mother died from disease.As a child,Porter was always reading,from classics todime novels;favorite works:One Thousand and One Nights.,Pharmacist,shepherd,ranch hand,cook and baby-si
3、tter,draftsman,bank tellerand journalist.Married with Athol Estes.Pursued writing.,Was arrested twice.released in 1901.14 stories published while he was in prison.,Porters most prolific writing period started in 1902.Married again in 1907.Porter became a heavy drinker and died in 1910.,Background In
4、troduction,About His Life,O Henry Ending,Background Introduction,Writing Features,Wish-against ending:TheCopandtheAnthem（警察与赞美诗）Back to back ending：Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen（两位感恩节的绅士）Revealing ending：The Life of Wave（人生波澜）Repetitive ending：Choice of Life（人生道路的选择）Implicit ending：An Unfinished St
5、ory（未完的故事）Coincidental ending：The Regulation of Georgia（乔治亚的规定）,Examples,1.Wish-against ending,The Cop and the Anthem,A new York City hobo:Soapy,Want to get arrested,What?,Loading,HOW,1.Theft2.Vandalism3.Molest gentlewomen,1,2,3,11,Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police.,He pauses in front
6、of the church.Inspired by the anthem,he decides to live a new life.,The police charges him for loitering,and he is sentenced to the jail for 3 months.,Example,2.Back to back ending,Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen,What?,An appointment between them,Invited to dinner on Thanksgiving Day every year.,On t
7、he 10th Thanksgiving Day,Before meeting the old man,he has been invited to a big meal.,He follows the old man to a restaurant and eats up all the food.,They both faint away on their way home.,Too hungry,Too full,On the contrary,Public Comments,There is no real person,no moral consciousness and no ed
8、ucation on philosophy in his stories.It will be dull if you read too many stories with such kind of endings,Positive,Negative,Grasping the typical scene in life:reveal peoples personality and the inherent contradiction in life when facing dilemma.Plots are concisely and clearly Organized and developed.,Conclusion,A great successA great lesson,
