O'HENRY: Tildy's Moment
Plot:
The story is about two waitresses, one is called Aileen and the other is called Tildy. They work in a restaurantin New York. Aileen is beautiful and Tildy is not beautiful. One day a man called Mr. Seeders came in the restaurant and kissed Tildy. Tildy thought she liked the man. But the next day Mr Seeders went to the restaurant and said: "Sorry I did not want to kiss you. I drank too much". And Tildy felt very sad.
Ivan Rodríguez, 2nd A
Characters:
Tildy is fat and ugly, she wants a man that loves her, because al the men look at Aileen. She is a waitress of Bogle's Family Restaurant in New York.
Judith Ascanio, 2nd A
Opinions:
I didn't like the book because it is not very real. A man yes, he can say sorry.
Emi Rodríguez, 2nd B
I didn't like the book because all the men loved Aileen because she is beautiful but all the men didn't love Tildy because is fat, small and
not beautiful. Tildy was a good person.
I didn't like the book because all the men loved Aileen because she is beautiful but all the men didn't love Tildy because is fat, small and
not beautiful. Tildy was a good person.
Laia Arias, 2nd B
I didn't like the book because there is nothing interesting.
Marc Frigola, 2nd C
I liked the book because it's short and I understand it.
Celia Rabasco, 2nd D
Núria Mora, 2nd B
I didn't like the book because it is not just for Tildy.
Celia Rabasco, 2nd D
I didn't like this book because it is a tragedy and I didn't like because Mr Seender said sorry to Tildy after kisses her.
Esther López, 2nd C
Biography:
O. HENRY(1862-1910), whose real name was William Sidney Porter, was
born in North Carolina in the USA. When he was twenty he work in offices
and in a bank.
In 1887 married a young woman called Athol Estes. His most famous story is "The Gift of the Magi". In 1896 heran away to Honduras because problems in a bank that he worked on. A year later back to Texas to see Athol, who was dying, and in 1898 he was sent to prison. He published many short stories. Porter's stories are both sad and funny and are of the ordinary people. He wrote about six hundred stories and made a lot of money, but he was a very unhappy man. When he died, he had only twenty-three cents in his pocket, and his last words are: "Turn up the lights; I don't want to go home in the dark".
In 1887 married a young woman called Athol Estes. His most famous story is "The Gift of the Magi". In 1896 heran away to Honduras because problems in a bank that he worked on. A year later back to Texas to see Athol, who was dying, and in 1898 he was sent to prison. He published many short stories. Porter's stories are both sad and funny and are of the ordinary people. He wrote about six hundred stories and made a lot of money, but he was a very unhappy man. When he died, he had only twenty-three cents in his pocket, and his last words are: "Turn up the lights; I don't want to go home in the dark".
Judith Ascanio, 2nd A
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