Question

Explain how o'henry builds up the story "hearts and hearts" and mainly the twist in the end of the story....i will mark u the brainliest...please send answers asap

Answer 1

In ''Hearts and Hands,'' a woman, Miss Fairchild, spots an old friend named Mr. Easton on a train handcuffed to another man. That man calls her friend Mr. Marshal when she sees the cuffs. Turns out, the man is actually the marshal, and Mr. Easton is the prisoner. The marshal just wants to save them both from embarrassment.

It takes very little information for Miss Fairchild to believe that the one person on the coach who she knows is a respectable man. Perhaps she associates her own class and respectability with her old friend, or perhaps she is very gullible. She doesn't think twice to question the word of the rough-looking man to whom her friend, Mr. Easton, is handcuffed.

The real marshal is a selfless man. He sees the horror on Miss Fairchild's face when she first sees the handcuffs on Mr. Easton and speaks up. He calls Easton ''Marshal'' to detour her thoughts. Later, after he sees that she seems interested in Mr. Easton, he cuts the conversation short without revealing the truth to save her from embarrassment. The ''heart'' part of the title is dedicated to him. The ''hand'' part is about Mr. Easton. O. Henry's known for writing about good people, irony, and symbolism. This story has all three.