COMMUNICATION SKILLs :

Romanceof a Busy Broker

Author : O. Henry• b.1862, d.1910

• Real Name : William Sidney Porter

• Pen Name : O. Henry

• Served five-year sentence of imprisonment due to some wrong charges

• Written about 600 short stories

O Henry’s Popular and Remarkable

Short Stories• The Gift of the Magi

• The Cop and the Anthem

• After Twenty Years

• The Last Leaf

Characteristics of O Henry’s Short Stories :

• Sudden and Dramatic Twist at the End

• Remarkable for their punch and irony

• Last sentence mostly with Dramatic Turn

Romance of a Busy Broker• CHARACTERS :•Harvey Maxwell : A Broker

•Pitcher : A Personal Clerk in the office of Maxwell

•Miss Leslie : Maxwell’s Secretary

•A Young Girl : An Interviewee

Romance of a Busy Broker• STORY

• Beginning:

• The broker forgot that he married his stenographer last night.

• A new stenographer came for an appointment, but he asked for old one because he forgot that he already married her.

• He was thinking of proposing her today……..

Romance of a Busy Broker• STORY

• Beginning (Observation, Confusion)

• Proposal :• Miss Leslie, I have only a moment to spare. I want to say something in a moment .. . . . . .

• Don’t you understand? … . . I want you to marry you. I love you, Miss Leslie……

Romance of a Busy Broker• STORY

• Beginning (Observation, Confusion)

• Proposal

• Turning Point at the End• I know now…… It’s this old business that has driven everything else out of your head for the time…..

• Don’t you remember Harvey? We already married last night . . . . . . . . .

Thank You Very Much ……!

Dr.Chetan Trivedi

Professor Of Communication skill,

Government Engineering College,

Bhavnagar