Abstract

The Gift of the Magi was the masterpiece of the famous American writer, O. Henry.In this novel the author praises the lower-class people's concern for each other and their pure true love of the United States at that time.Everything in The Gift of the Magi embodies the humanistic feelings and extols humanism at that time.The plot of this novel is simple while the humanistic feelings that the author has depicted is quite profound.The beginning of this paper is to briefly review the contents of The Gift of the Magi,and then it elaborates what humanism is.And finally it analyzes the embodiment of humanistic feelings in The Gift of the Magi.Through the author of this paper's analysis of the humanistic feelings in The Gift of the Magi, it can make readers understand the humanistic feelings that are embodied in the novel more deeply. This is of great value to our contemporary society.

Keywords: O.Henry;The Gift of the Magi ;humanistic feelings; value

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2. Literature Review.1

3.The Praise for Love3

3.1 The praise for faithful love3

3.2 The praise for selfless dedication4

4. The Portrayal of Characters' Moral Psychology.5

4.1 The portrayal of hero's moral psychology5

4.2 The portrayal of heroine's moral psychology6

5. The Concern for Social Reality7

5.1 The humanistic concern for lower-class people8

5.2 The affirmation of lower-class people's dignity and value.9

6.Conclusion.10

  Works Cited.12