• Human Evils:
• By exposing the human defects and the dark sides of the world, O’Henry wants to awaken people’s conscience and deepest desire for all good things, so that people can use their efforts to save and cleanse the whole world.
O . Henry’s life
• After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.
• He moved to New York City, where over the next ten years before his death in 1910,he published over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as American favorite short story writer.
Major works
• "The Gift of the Magi" about a young
couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair.