【英語論文】在歐亨利小說麥琪的禮物中寫作風格的分析analysisofohenry’swritingstyleonthegiftofthemagi-wenkub
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【正文】 ole passage is suddenly endowed with a great charm because of the sudden change and caused a profound consideration of the situation or problem the article has revealed.When the stories end in a totally unexpected but reasonable way, we can do nothing but cheer for O. Henry’s literary talent. The deep reflection of twist ending The pure love between main characters Jim and his wife Della are young couple who are very much in love with each other, but can barely afford their oneroom apartment due to their very bad economic situation. So they live in a very bad condition, they are so poor that they can not afford to their Christmas gifts. But for Christmas, Della decides to buy Jim a fob for his prized pocket watch given to him by his father’s father. To raise the funds, she has her long, beautiful hair cut off and sold to make a wig. Meanwhile, Jim decides to sell his watch to buy Della a beautiful set of bs made out of tortoiseshell and jewels for her lovely, kneelength brown hair. Though they are only the small potatoes who live in the lower classes, they never lost their fervency to their lives and love each other deeply. Finally, they find that these presents are no longer useful, but they have been the most priceless one in the world, like a sincere love to each other. They love each other so deeply, that’s enough. They have already owned the whole world. The human defects of the societyMost of O. Henry’s stories are set in contemporary present, the early years of the 20th century. At that period of time in America, the bourgeoisie was getting the upper hand and the capitalist economy was booming to its top. Bourgeoisie bribed the government and corrupted the functioned department in government. The gap between the rich and the poor was deeper. The number of lower class poor people rocketed. The whole society was undergoing a profound change. The characters of the story are mainly the lower class who struggles to make a living in sadness, impoverished, crucial and unjust society. Whether good or bad, provide for its people, some people corrupted, some still stood at the very first place, keeping pure hearted and selfsacrificed. In The Gift of the Magi, we readers are not only touched by the supreme of valuable love, but at the same time we get clues of how darkness the society is, the rich people in the society are coldhearted。s graceful narration style. When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason . . . Which is always a tremendous task, dear friendsa mammoth task (Henry 4). Again, Della39。s jewels and gifts (Henry 2). Della39。s selfless love for each other is more valuable than any of their possessions. With Henry39。亨利作品導讀》武漢：武漢大學出版社, 2003朱文,朱碧恒《歐亨利短篇小說選》
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