The summary is of the short story "What You Want" by O. Henry. It describes a very rich caliph named Tom Crowley who, despite having everything money can buy, is tired and bored. One night, he goes out to get something he didn't pay for. He meets James Turner, a hat cleaner, and offers to pay for James' education. However, James refuses the offer, believing Tom is insincere. They get in a fight and are arrested. At the police station, Tom pays James' bail but has him locked up anyway. Later, an anonymous person pays James' bail and leaves him a book.
1. "What You Want“
By: O. Henry
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Prose – Poetry -
Drama
2. Summary
There was a very rich person named Tom Crowley, he was
a caliph. He had everything he wants and because of that he
despite everything that money can buy. He was tired with his
activities clubs, theatres, dinners, friends, music, money and
everything. And at one night he go out and try to get something
that he didn’t pay for.
Then he meets James Turner that work in a hat cleaning
shop. James Turner was left from his cleaning shop and take a
walk to look over the goods at a second-hand bookstall. Tom
will pay for James education at the finest college in the
world, pay the expense of James rummaging over Europe and
the art galleries, and finally set you James in a good business.
But James Turner refuse the offer and said that the caliph was
a faker.
3. The caliph feel so angry , he seized James collar and kick
James thrice. the hat cleaner rallied and clinched; two
bookstands were overturned, and the books sent flying. Then
someone bring them to the nearest station house.
The sergeant asks three hundred dollars bail for “fighting
and disorderly conduct," then the caliph take his money and
gave it to the sergeant, but he ask to lock up James turner.
After a while, James turner was lying on the jail. Thinking of
the caliph. Then someone come to the door and said that he
was free. The old man had already pay for the bail and left a
book for James Turner.
The sergeant ask James turner to meet him but James
turner ain’t go.
4. Theme and Setting
Theme of the story:
Socioeconomic;
The economic and status gap between Tom
Crowley and James Turner
Setting of the story
• Location: Baghdad-on-the Subway
• Time: At the night
5. Character and Point of
ViewCharacter of the story
• Tom Crowley
a caliph, very rich
• James Turner
an employee, unpretentious
• Sergeant
a police, resolute
Point of view: Third person
6. Plot
• Introduction
There was a caliph named Tom Crowley that
very rich person, he had everything but he was
tired with his activities. He try to get something
that he didn’t pay for.
• Rising Action
Tom meets James Turner that has different idea
of bliss. Tom will pay for James education, etc.
• Climax
James turner refuse the offer and said that Tom
was a faker. Then they’re fighting.
7. • Falling Action
Someone bring them to the nearest station
house. Sergeant asks three hundred dollars bail.
Tom take his money and gave it to the
sergeant, but he ask to lock up James turner.
• Ending
The old man had already pay for the bail and left
a book for James Turner. The sergeant ask
James turner to meet him but James turner
didn’t go.
8. Moral Value
• Having much money doesn’t mean having
much happiness.
• Learning is one of the finest thing in the
world.
9. Author
William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June
5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American
writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their
wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in
Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his
middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon
Sidney Porter (1825-88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia
Swaim Porter (1833-65). When William was three, his mother
died from tuberculosis, then he and his father moved into the
home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was
always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his
favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and
One Nights, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.
