In "Hearts and Hands," in what way does O. Henry's choice to use a surprise ending allow readers to see story details in a new light after finishing the story? Use text evidence to support your response.

The surprise ending allows readers to see story details in a new light after finishing the story because the conversation between the two men reveals that Mr. Easton was not the marshal: "Oh! didn't you catch on? Say--did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?" and then the readers would probably check if that is correct by reading the story and this sentence again: "He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining "bracelet" to the left one of his companion."

Explanation:

To complete this exercise, you have to read the short story "Hearts and Hands" written by O. Henry by the pseudonym Sidney Porter. It was written in 1902 and it is about a woman that realizes that someone she knows (Mr. Easton) is handcuffed, she gets scare and the marshal (the man she did not know) lies and tells her the marshal is Mr. Easton.

subject: why anyone can be a genius.

occasion: moving forward in life.

audience: average person

purpose: to push you further in life

speaker: many famous geniuses.

here is the poem:

here is thy, and here is thee, genius is for what he can be.

poem is a matter of rhyme, but like ben frank said, life is a matter of time.

we have great inventors such as thomas edison, who said, "genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." no, no perspiration as what comes from your skeleton.

we have great minds, from places of all kinds, such as yu kaw la chi tie, (now im switching languages because yu kaw was japanese.)

てちハラスイヒイス, てちラスイヒイス

てちのちみスイヒイス.

you are a genius, well not yet, but you are capable, and that is a bet.

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.