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O. Henry and His Writing Tendency

Summary:   Essay provides a discussion about the writing tendencies of O. Henry.


Abstract

This paper begins with a brief introduction to O.Henry and his writing style. Then the author introduces the history background of O¡¤Henry and his life experience. After that the paper analyzes the impact of the above factors on his writing style.

O¡¤Henry lived in a time of declination of romanticism and prosperity of realism, experiencing great changes though the whole life, watching the cruelty of capitalism and showing strong mercy to those ordinary people who struggled for living. All those gave him the source of writing and the impulse of satirizing. His warm humor and his ironic twist gained him the great honor in the history of literature.

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¢ñ.A brief introduction to O.Henry and his writing style

A.O.Henry, a prolific short-story writer

B.The combination of the realism and romanticism, vague satirical style

¢ò.The two main factors, which influence.....

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