Romance of a Busy Broker

Romance of a Busy Broker

- A Review

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Author : O. Henry• b.1862, d.1910

• Real Name : William Sidney Porter

• Pen Name : O. Henry

• Served five-year sentence of imprisonment due to some wrong charges

• Written about 600 short stories3 Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review

O Henry’s Popular and Remarkable

Short Stories• The Gift of the Magi

• The Cop and the Anthem

• After Twenty Years

• The Last Leaf4 Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review

Characteristics of O Henry’s Short Stories

• Sudden and Dramatic Twist at the End

• Remarkable for their punch and irony

• Last sentence mostly with Dramatic Turn

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Romance of a Busy Broker• CHARACTERS•Harvey Maxwell : A Broker•Pitcher : A Personal Clerk in the

office of Maxwell•Miss Leslie : Maxwell’s Secretary•A Young Girl : An Interviewee

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Romance of a Busy Broker

STORY

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Romance of a Busy Broker• STORY

• Beginning

• Observation • …when his employer entered at half past nine ….• She dressed in a very simple manner…..

• Confusion• …with his secretary• She was beautiful in way that was quite

unsecretarial…. • You told me yesterday to call them up and…..

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Romance of a Busy Broker• STORY• Beginning (Observation, Confusion)

• Proposal • Miss Leslie, I have only a moment to spare. I want to say something in a moment .. . . . . . • Don’t you understand? … . . I want you to marry me. I love you, Miss Leslie……

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Romance of a Busy Broker• STORY• Beginning (Observation, Confusion)

• Proposal

• Turning Point at the End• I know now…… It’s this old business that has

driven everything else out of your head for the time…..

• Don’t you remember Harvey? We were . . . . . . . . .

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Harvey Maxwell

A Workaholic Person ?

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Harvey Maxwell

A Forgetful Person ??

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Harvey Maxwell

A Romantic Person ???

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Miss Leslie

A Loving Wife ?

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Miss Leslie

A Caring Employee ??

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Miss Leslie

A Forgiving Wife ???

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Pitcher

An Obedient Employee ?

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Pitcher

A Keen Observer ??

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Characteristics HENRY MAXWELL MS LESLIE PITCHER

• Physical Expressionless BeautifulDreamily bright eyes

• Intellectual forgetful professionalConfidential clerk

• Emotional impersonal Patient

Impatient

• Social Forget that Leslie Not the air of accepting Obedient

has been his wife luncheon invitation

• Philosophical Hard work Wise Patientobedient

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•      Do you think that Maxwell is a successful man in his life? Why/ Why not?

•      Do you feel pity for him? If yes, why?

•      What do you think about this statement

‘Modern world gives us many types of luxuries but snatches away our real happiness and sense of humanity’?

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Thank You Very Much From

Vaseem G QureshiM.A. (English), M.Ed., M.Phil. (English), Ph.D. (Cont)

Assistant Professor in English,

Vishwakarma Govt Engineering College, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad.

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