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LiRa [457]
2 years ago
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Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story.

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kherson [118]2 years ago
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The way O. Henry crafted "After Twenty Years" to create surprise is D. The author withholds information about Bob's true identity until the end of the story.

He intentionally withholds information about Bob from the audience so they would be taken aback when it was revealed as it would be very different from what they knew and expected about Bob.

<h3>What is a Surprise?</h3>

This refers to the emotion where a person is shocked by a circumstance and is taken aback.

Hence, we can see that based on the given text, the author creates surprise as he withholds vital information which shows and takes the readers aback as they find that Bob is a well-known criminal.

This comes as a surprise as most people do not believe that Bob could be a criminal but the knowledge of this changes their perspective of him.

Read more about "After Twenty Years" here:

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