Text Analysis THE GREEN DOOR BY O’HENRY
Text Analysis THE GREEN DOOR BY O’HENRY
The text under analysis is a story written by O’Henry. His real name is William Sidney Porter and O. Henry is his pen name. O. Henry is an American short-story writer of the late 19th century. He is a representative of realism, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental [kəuˌɪn(t)sɪ'dent(ə)l] (випадковий) circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved and loves it. The plots of his stories are clever and interesting, and the end is always surprising. His works include ‘The Four Million’, ‘The Gift of the Magi’, ‘The Furnished Room’, ‘Shoes’, ‘The Last Leaf’ and so on. No matter how many times you read them they always give you the same feeling of freshness. So does the story ‘The Green Door’.
There are at least five reasons why you should read O. Henry's short stories:
1. O. Henry is the master of twist endings. He will surprise you with either a twist of fate, an unexpected ending, or a character trait (характерна риса) revealed in the end that changes everything.
2. O. Henry loved playing with words, using dialects, and coining new words. In fact, he's the one who coined the term "banana republic," which refers to a small country that is economically dependent on a single export['ekspɔːt] commodity (товар для продажу), such as bananas.
3. If you want to build your vocabulary power, these stories will help you. O. Henry's vocabulary compared to Shakespeare's. His words are simple, but varied ['veərɪd] (різноманітний).
4. Many of his stories are set in New York City, where he lived during most of his writing career. Many stories are also set in the Mid-West.
5. Although he went through a lot, with losing his wife to tuberculosis and being wrongly imprisoned, his stories are not dark or depressing. They talk
The text under analysis is a story written by O’Henry. His real name is William Sidney Porter and O. Henry is his pen name. O. Henry is an American short-story writer of the late 19th century. He is a representative of realism, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental [kəuˌɪn(t)sɪ'dent(ə)l] (випадковий) circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved and loves it. The plots of his stories are clever and interesting, and the end is always surprising. His works include ‘The Four Million’, ‘The Gift of the Magi’, ‘The Furnished Room’, ‘Shoes’, ‘The Last Leaf’ and so on. No matter how many times you read them they always give you the same feeling of freshness. So does the story ‘The Green Door’.
There are at least five reasons why you should read O. Henry's short stories:
1. O. Henry is the master of twist endings. He will surprise you with either a twist of fate, an unexpected ending, or a character trait (характерна риса) revealed in the end that changes everything.
2. O. Henry loved playing with words, using dialects, and coining new words. In fact, he's the one who coined the term "banana republic," which refers to a small country that is economically dependent on a single export['ekspɔːt] commodity (товар для продажу), such as bananas.
3. If you want to build your vocabulary power, these stories will help you. O. Henry's vocabulary compared to Shakespeare's. His words are simple, but varied ['veərɪd] (різноманітний).
4. Many of his stories are set in New York City, where he lived during most of his writing career. Many stories are also set in the Mid-West.
5. Although he went through a lot, with losing his wife to tuberculosis and being wrongly imprisoned, his stories are not dark or depressing. They talk