"What You Want“By: O. Henry

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Prose – Poetry - Drama

SummaryThere was a very rich person named Tom Crowley, he was a

caliph. He had everything he wants and because of that he despite everything that money can buy. He was tired with his activities clubs, theatres, dinners, friends, music, money and everything. And at one night he go out and try to get something that he didn’t pay for.

Then he meets James Turner that work in a hat cleaning shop. James Turner was left from his cleaning shop and take a walk to look over the goods at a second-hand bookstall. Tom will pay for James education at the finest college in the world, pay the expense of James rummaging over Europe and the art galleries, and finally set you James in a good business. But James Turner refuse the offer and said that the caliph was a faker.

The caliph feel so angry , he seized James collar and kick James thrice. the hat cleaner rallied and clinched; two bookstands were overturned, and the books sent flying. Then someone bring them to the nearest station house.

The sergeant asks three hundred dollars bail for “fighting and disorderly conduct," then the caliph take his money and gave it to the sergeant, but he ask to lock up James turner.

After a while, James turner was lying on the jail. Thinking of the caliph. Then someone come to the door and said that he was free. The old man had already pay for the bail and left a book for James Turner.

The sergeant ask James turner to meet him but James turner ain’t go.

Theme and Setting

Theme of the story:

Socioeconomic;

The economic and status gap between Tom Crowley and James Turner

Setting of the story• Location: Baghdad-on-the Subway• Time: At the night

Character and Point of View

Character of the story• Tom Crowley

a caliph, very rich• James Turner

an employee, unpretentious• Sergeant

a police, resolute

Point of view: Third person

Plot• Introduction

There was a caliph named Tom Crowley that very rich person, he had everything but he was tired with his activities. He try to get something that he didn’t pay for.

• Rising Action

Tom meets James Turner that has different idea of bliss. Tom will pay for James education, etc.

• Climax

James turner refuse the offer and said that Tom was a faker. Then they’re fighting.

• Falling Action

Someone bring them to the nearest station house. Sergeant asks three hundred dollars bail. Tom take his money and gave it to the sergeant, but he ask to lock up James turner.

• Ending

The old man had already pay for the bail and left a book for James Turner. The sergeant ask James turner to meet him but James turner didn’t go.

Moral Value

• Having much money doesn’t mean having much happiness.

• Learning is one of the finest thing in the world.

AuthorWilliam Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5,

1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833-65). When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, then he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.

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