Literary Analysis - After Twenty Years

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People often say friendship lasts forever although it isn't true according to what O. Henry states in his short story, After Twenty Years. The friendship between Bob and Jimmy Wells is no longer in existence when one night, theymeet in a town on a dark and gloomy night. This short story clearly points out that friendships can change over time. People often say friendship lasts forever although it isn't true according to what O?Henry states in his short story, After Twenty Years. The friendship between Bob and Jimmy Wells is no longer in existence when one night, theymeet in a town on a dark and gloomy night. This short story clearly points out that friendships can change over time. In the beginning of After Twenty Years a policeman continued wandering down the city patrolling any trouble that goes on. One night, he slowed his walk on a certain random street and gazed at a man. He quickly walked over to the man and started to become curious and talked to him. The man said quickly, “It?s all right officer. I?m just waiting for a friend. It?s an appointment made twenty years ago.” So the policeman and the man had a conversation and the policeman had informed the man that the restaurant he had been searching for had been knocked down. The man lit his cigar with a big flame showing his “pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarf pin was a large diamond, oddly set.” After a nice chat, the policeman let the man go and he was off to his errand. The man eventually ends his search of his friend and finds him. He had found his long lost friend Jimmy Wells. They shake hands and catch up on what has been happening to them over the past twenty years. Jimmy had apparently become taller. Although, when the streetlight shone upon them, Bob had realized that not only his height was different, his face was unique than before

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