The Necklace is a short story written by French writer Mo Bosang in 1884. The story tells that Mathilde, the wife of a small civil servant, borrowed a diamond necklace from a friend to show off her beauty. Unexpectedly, the necklace was accidentally lost on the way home. She had to borrow money to buy a new necklace and return it to her friends. In order to pay off his debts, he worked hard for ten years by scrimping and saving food and doing short-term jobs for others. Finally, I learned that the necklace was actually a fake diamond necklace.
A tearful smile is the ending feature of O 'Henry's novels, and it is an organic combination of comic form and tragic connotation. "Smile" is its comic form. Humorous language, relaxed narration, clever plot, humorous satire and even cynical tone, exaggeration, ridicule, pun and other techniques make readers laugh; "Tears" is its tragic connotation. Behind the relaxed words in O 'Henry's novels is the heavy realistic style in his heart. His works mostly reveal the irrationality of reality, show that little people are suffering from spiritual trauma in a cruel society and express their deep sympathy.
? O Henry is one of the famous American realistic short story writers. His novels expose the darkness of capitalism from all angles, describe the life and suffering of the people at the bottom of society, and praise their sincere love and friendship, noble behavior of self-sacrifice and yearning for a happy life. The ending of his novels takes the form of comedy, expressing profound social connotation, cruel social reality and sublimation of human nature, and further pointing out the inescapable nature of this reality. This paper probes into the novels of O Henry.
? Oh? In the novel "The Gift of the Magi", Henry tells a "no twists and turns, not surprising story" with his humorous and slightly sad artistic language. It is not uncommon in western literary circles to create novels with such a common theme as giving gifts on Christmas Eve, and there are also many elaborate works. Henry's "The Gift of the Maggie" is a masterpiece of this kind, which is really thought-provoking. From the content. The whole article focuses on giving Christmas presents and writes about a poor and loving couple in America. In order to save every penny, the housewife of this family had to "buckle down one or two at a time from the grocery store, vegetable vendor and butcher."
? Oh? Henry's short stories often depict characters and spread the plot with his unique sentimental style and humorous and brisk style, which makes the images in his works full of three-dimensional sense and gives people endless aftertaste.
? We can apply this form to writing more often.
Chen Yang, Language Teaching Class One, 193612