1、 Writing theme(主题) ： Characteristics(特色) of his works: Famous stories: the everyday life ordinary people New York City surprising endings The Cop and the Anthem The Last Leaf The Gift of the Magi After Twenty Years After Twenty Years is set in the early 1900s, n e a r t h e e n d o f A m e r i c a s
2、 We s t w a r d Expansion (美国西进运动), which started in the early 1800s. During the expansion, many Americans went to the West to make money. New York City is located in the north-east of the US and was already a big city by then. Background information: p who p when p where p what p why the man, the p
3、oliceman, Jimmy on a cold,dark night in New York, outside a shop why the man is standing outside a shop? He is waiting for his friend Jimmy. Read the excerpt and find out what happened in the twenty years duration. Plot Beginning: dined & made an appointment Development: left for the West, correspon
4、ded, but lost track of each other Climax: came a thousand miles to meet Jimmy twenty years later Ending: ? (scar) maybe a bad guy maybe hardworking adventurous a good friend traditional nice man truest, staunchest p Based on the character analysis, give this Based on the character analysis, give thi
5、s story story a possible endinga possible ending. Refer to the . Refer to the questions to help you.questions to help you. p Will Jimmy show up? p What had Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years? p What might happen between the policeman and the man? twenty years ago during the twenty years no
6、w (after twenty years) during the twenty years raised in NY, just like brothers. made an appointment. the man started for the West to make a fortune. Jimmy decided to stay in NY. corresponded for a year or two. lost track of each other. the man made his fortune in the west. the man came a thousand m
7、iles to stand outside a window, waiting for Jimmy to show up. Bob was caught and he received a note from Jimmy. p Were you Jimmy, would you do the same? Three elemenTs of a novel : Three elemenTs of a novel : Setting (where & when) Characters (who) Plot (what & how) (Plot: beginning-development-clim
8、ax-ending) settings characters actions out of jail, cold wind, cold, dark night now 58, lost and helpless, a young man, a familiar-looking man in his thirties stepping out of, smiled bitterly, heard, turned around, was surprised to find, replied, doubtfully unfolded, shaking, finished reading, shouted in surprise, smiled
