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After Twenty Years  O.Henry O.Henry is his pen name,formerly known as Willidam Sydney Porter.He is American famous critical realitic writer,one of the three short story maters of the world and had been praised as Mahattan(曼哈顿） crown（桂冠） prose（散文） writer by critics and the father of USA modern short novel. O.Henry,Chekhov（契诃夫） and Maupassant（莫泊桑） tied for three short story maters in the world and his works include “USA Life Encyclopedia（美国生活的幽默百科全书）reputation. Plot Five Stages of Plot Complication Exposition Crisis Falling action Resolution The Plot of After Twenty Years Exposition: The story began with a policeman who was on his beat. He went towards a man that was standing in a doorway of a darkened hardware store. Bob was standing there and told the policeman that he had made an appointment with his friend Jimmy Wells at this spot at 10 oclock. Complication: He told the story of how twenty years ago, they parted as young men but agreed that twenty years later they would meet at that particular spot again. They parted because of different life and career paths. Jimmy considered New York City as the place to live and Bob decided to travel out west to seek great wealth. And then the policeman left. Crisis: Later, Bob was approached by another man who he believed was Jimmy. He gave the man details about his successes in west. They walked to find a place to eat, but after a light shone on the mans face, Bob found he was not Jimmy. He was a plain clothes man. Bob was arrested for his crimes in Chicago. Falling action: The plain clothes man who arrested Bob gave him a note written by the policeman. The note said that the two men did meet on time. Jimmy recognized Bob as the man wanted by the authorities in Chicago. Resolution ： In the end, Bob realized the patrolman was Jimmy. . The Theme of After Twenty Years The novel told a story about two people,they used to be friends.Bob fro