AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND William Sydney Porter An American writer‚ known by his pen name O. Henry‚ born September 11‚ 1862 in Greensboro‚ North Carolina and died June 5‚ 1910 (aged 47) in New York. His most famous short stories are: * "The Duplicity of Hargraves" (1902) * "A Retrieved Reformation" (1903) * "The Cop and the Anthem" (1904) * "The Gift of the Magi" (1905) * "Conscience in Art" (1907) * "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1910) * “Calloway’s Code” SYNOPSIS
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The Last Leaf To be perfect short story neatness‚ brevity and a significant incident or an aspect of character or an experience of some psychological moment is essential. Within its short frame work‚ it must have a beginning‚ middle and an end. There must be completeness in its structure. All the elements plot‚ character‚ dialogue‚ descriptions and background must be organically connected with other. Generally a good story has a surprising end which bears a sense of endlessness. All these characteristics
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The Last Leaf O. Henry In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places.” These “places” make strange angles and curves. One street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints‚ paper‚ and canvas should‚ in traversing this route‚ suddenly meet himself coming back‚ without a cent having been paid on account! So‚ to quaint
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Narrator: Greenwich Village‚ a section of New York City‚ attracts those who are interested in arts. At the top of an old three story brick house lives 2 friends‚ Johnsy and Sue. During the month of November‚ pneumonia visited the city‚ touching victim after victim‚ including Johnsy. For days‚ Johnsy lays on a hospital bed while her friend Sue watches over her. One day‚ another one of their friends visited Johnsy in the hospital. Friend: Johnsy! I heard that you contracted pneumonia! How are you
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THE LAST LEAF SCENE ONE NARRATOR: In New York City‚ there’s a small district just west of Washington Square‚ where the narrow‚ irregular streets have run crazy and broken themselves into short strips called places. It’s an ancient‚ residential community where many of the beautiful‚ old‚ brick houses date back to the 1820’s‚ when an epidemic forced people from the city to what was then a rural suburban village. Now‚ in the final year of the nineteenth century‚ we find clusters of colorful restaurants
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instructions and invaluable suggestions to the completion of this paper‚ but more importantly‚ for his rigorous scholarship and professional conscientiousness. I am also indebted to all my teachers in USTS‚ whose wonderful lectures on different subjects pave me the way for the fundamental and essential academic competence. I owe my sincere gratitude to my classmates and friends who offered inspiring advices and generous help for this paper. My appreciation should also go to my beloved parents who gave
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The Last Leaf In his wonderful short-story The Last Leaf‚ O.Henry depicts a really admirable person - old Behrman. The story depicts the lives of artists in America at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time arts people were massively settling in Greenwich Village attracted by eighteen century gables‚ Dutch attics and low rents‚ making this district an arts hub of this huge city. Two young artists Sue and Johnsy meet at a café. They become friends and find their tastes and opinions
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“Mr. Pneumonia was not a chivalrous old gentleman. A mite of a woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs was hardly fair game for the old duffer.” This quote comes from a fictional short story called The Last Leaf by O. Henry. It tells the story of a woman‚ Johnsy‚ who is stricken with pneumonia and has chosen to let fate decide whether she will survive or not. The three things that stand out in this story are its conflicts‚ its suspense‚ and its theme. The conflicts within this story are
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Group 4 Outline Exercise 1: Listen to advice of international students about culture shock. Exercise 2: Listen to report of sport A: Fill in the blank B: Chose true (T)‚ false (F) or not given (NG) Exercise 3: Listen to song and fill the blanks. Exercise 4: Listen a suggestion. Exercise 1: You are going to hear an international student adviser giving advice on culture shock. Listen and complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
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The stylistic analysis of “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry The text under stylistic analysis is the short story “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry. William Sydney Porter was born on 11-th of September in 1862 in North Carolina. His mother died when he was three year old. Porter worked at drug store of his uncle. Then he went to Texas and tried many professions. For example rancher‚ bank teller‚ journalist‚ founding a comic weekly magazine The Rolling Stone. Then was employed by the Houston Post to write a humorous
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