Page 2 - Mind Map
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ELEMENTS OF THE STORY:
“AFTER TWENTY YEARS”
BY: O’HENRY
SETTING: The story takes place outside the doorway
of a closed hardware store in New York at 10 :00 pm.
CHARACTERS:
Jimmy Wells- Honest and responsible, Man of
Integrity, Confident but humble
‘Silky’ Bob- Egotistical (tending to talk excessively
about oneself), Loyal, Punctual
THEME: O’ Henry is trying to tell us that people change over
time and won’t remain the same person they once were.
The main THEMES are:
1.FRIENDSHIP 2. LOYALTY 3. TRUST
MAN vs SELF
Does he arrest his best friend , a man who was like a brother
to him in their youth? Or does he let him go ? The man came
1000 miles just to see him and now he is going to arrest him?
He resolves the conflict by having a plain clothes officer
arrest him.
