1800’s to the early 1900’s where he dazzled readers with his unorthodox‚ romantic style. A short story titled "A Retrieved Reformation" written by O. Henry‚ who sold it to George Tyler who later turned the work into a Broadway show. "Alias Jimmy Valentine"as it came to be called dazzled America‚ England‚ France‚ and Spain for over a decade. In the short stories "The Social Triangle" and "A Retrieved Reformation"‚ O. Henry uses the literary devices of symbolism‚ plot twists‚ and characterization
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Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the Review of Related Literature and Studies. These are researches connected to the study that the researchers are conducting. The Review of Related Literature contains the information about the five selected short stories‚ the biography of the author‚ and the literary approach that is to be used. The Review of Related Studies contains the studies conducted by other researchers that are related to the study
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things that people would normal say. For example‚ when the warden accuses Jimmy of cracking open safes and Jimmy says‚ "Me? Why I never cracked a safe in my life." He is basically denying the fact that he actually did crack open safes. So‚ I guess he did what any person would do in that sort of situation. Also‚ they had a very convincing plot. The fact that Jimmy went from being a thief to a life saver‚ interested me very much. Jimmy got out of jail‚ then he went to Elmore and was just about to rob the
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making tough decisions. Jimmy Valentine’s decision was selfless while Norma’s was selfish. Their choices lie on opposite ends of the spectrum of morality‚ which yields different outcomes. While these decisions have different outcomes‚ both stories portray the theme that selfless decisions result in more positivity than selfish ones; consequently‚ the different character’s decisions demonstrate that their pasts do not have to control their futures. Although Jimmy Valentine is a crook in his past
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Henry uses Jimmy to shows that if you try to run away from your past it might still come back to ruin your life. Jimmy tried to become a new man and start a new life to get away from his life of safecracking but in the end he has to decide to become his old criminal self and be caught or not just like how Vera from And Then There Were None tried to run away from her past by trying to forget.When Jimmy became Ralph D Spencer and came to Elmore‚ “He had won
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truth can have a different point to it. My truth can be that I like to play video games 5hrs a day‚ and a classmate’s truth can be that she/or he likes to read books for that same amount of time. Example: in the story “A retrieved reformation O.Henry” Jimmy Valentine’s truth was that he was a thief‚ robber‚ and broke locks. His truth was that he was basically an unknown criminal. And no one else in the same exact story had that truth‚ see the truth is not always the same. Everyone in each story we’re
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and carrying for some one. In “The Cop and the Anthem” and “A Retriever Reformation” they kind of have the same theme because in both of the stories the characters were inspire to change like Soapy was inspire to change his life and much like Jimmy Valentine was after meeting Annabel Adams. Also in “The gift of the Magi” and “The Last Leaf” there theme relates because the characters sacrifice a valuable possession like to buy one another a gift for Christmas and the other it shows a character willing
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The Career of Blondie: Still Dreaming 40 Years Later When people think of music in the 1970’s many minds go right to disco and jazz. While they were certainly popular during the decade another genre was popular during that time as well‚ new wave music. Bands such as The B-52’s and The Human League produced hits that combined elements of rock‚ pop‚ and punk music. One of the more notable bands from this time period was the punk rock band Blondie‚ who just recently announced their eleventh studio
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On February 21‚ 1980‚ the son of Vincent J. McMahon‚ Vincent K. McMahon‚ founded Titan Sports‚ Inc.[22] and on June 6‚ 1982‚ purchased Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. from his father and other stock holders (Arnold Skaaland‚ Gorilla Monsoon‚ and Phil Zacko).[21] The elder McMahon had long since established the northeastern territory as one of the most vibrant members of the NWA. He had long since recognized that professional wrestling was more about entertainment than actual sport. Against his
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