Romance
of a Busy Broker
- A Review
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
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 stories
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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 Leaf
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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 : A Review
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 : A Review
Romance of a Busy Broker
STORY
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
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 : A Review
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 : A Review
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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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Harvey Maxwell
A Workaholic Person ?
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Harvey Maxwell
A Forgetful Person ??
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Harvey Maxwell
A Romantic Person ???
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Miss Leslie
A Loving Wife ?
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Miss Leslie
A Caring Employee ??
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Miss Leslie
A Forgiving Wife ???
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Pitcher
An Obedient Employee ?
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Pitcher
A Keen Observer ??
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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Characteristics
HENRY MAXWELL
MS LESLIE
• Physical
Expressionless
Beautiful
Dreamily bright eyes
• Intellectual
forgetful
professional
• Emotional
impersonal
Patient
PITCHER
Confidential
clerk
Impatient
• Social
• Philosophical
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Forget that Leslie
Not the air of accepting
has been his wife
luncheon invitation
Hard work
Wise
obedient
Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Obedient
Patient
•
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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Romance of a Busy Broker : A Review
Thank You Very Much From
Vaseem G Qureshi
M.A. (English), M.Ed., M.Phil. (English), Ph.D. (Cont)
Assistant Professor in English,
Vishwakarma Govt Engineering College,
Chandkheda, Ahmedabad.
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