Mammon and the Archer | Summary
O. Henry’s ‘‘Mammon and the Archer’’ begins with an example of Anthony Rockwall’s unwillingness to accept the limitations of his position. As a self-made millionaire, Rockwall does not belong to the same aristocratic circle as his neighbors, who despise the fact that Anthony lives among them. When Anthony sees one of his neighbors turn his nose up at a renaissance sculpture in front of Anthony’s home, Anthony tells himself that he will have his house painted red, white, and blue the following summer, to make his neighbors even more angry at him.
Anthony calls for...
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