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After Twenty Years
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O. Henry
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Summary
Themes
Themes
Themes: All Themes
Themes: Friendship versus Duty
Themes: How Time Changes People
Themes: Crime Does Not Pay
Themes: Change
Questions & Answers
Characters
Analysis
Multiple-Choice Quizzes
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Characters
Jimmy Wells
Silky Bob
Plot
Arrest
Climax
Encounter With Man
Ending
Identification of Jimmy
Jimmy Sends Plainclothes Man
Problem Resolution
Reunion
Revelation
Twist
Literary Devices
Foreshadowing
Irony
Allusion
Surprise Ending
Themes
Friendship
Change
Loyalty
Duty
Setting
New York City
Night
Weather
Time
Place
Style
Character Introduction
Narrative Perspective
Third Person
Anonymous Narrator
Symbolism
Diamond Scarf Pin
Quotes
It's an Appointment Made Twenty Years Ago
Bob: I Was at the Appointed Place On Time. When You Struck the Match to Light Your Cigar, I Saw It Was the Face of the Man Wanted in Chicago. Somehow I Couldn't Do It Myself, So I Went Around and Got a Plain Clothes Man to Do the Job
Authorship
O. Henry
