欧亨利之含泪的微笑特色分析

1、,of,58,O. Henry Ending,Tearful Smile,Contents,Background Introduction,Conclusion,1,2,3,4,Writing Features favorite works:One Thousand and One Nights.,Pharmacist, shepherd, ranch hand, cook and baby-sitter, draftsman,bank tellerand journalist. Married with Athol Estes. Pursued writing.,Was arrested t

2、wice. 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 Introduction,About His Life,O Henry Ending,Background Introduction,Writing Features,Wish-agains

3、t 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 Story（未完的故事） Coincidental ending：The Regulation of Georgia（乔治亚的规定）,Examples,1. Wish-agains

4、t ending,The Cop and the Anthem,A new York City hobo: Soapy,Want to get arrested,What?,Loading,HOW,1. Theft 2. Vandalism 3. Molest gentlewomen ,1,2,3,11,Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police.,He pauses in front of the church. Inspired by the anthem, he decides to live a new life.,The polic

5、e 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 the 10th Thanksgiving Day,Before meeting the old man, he has been invited to

6、 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 education 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 dilem