form 2 play

1. Prepared by:-
Teacher Nor Yusrina binti Ahmad @ Saifuddin
SMK Sungai Isap Kuantan
Wednesday
24th March 2021

2. The Playwright O. HENRY
•• William Sydney Porter - born in 1862,
North Carolina, USA; died in 1910
• an American short story writer.
•• Started writing after getting married in
1887
•• Wrote more than 300 short stories
•• Most well known for the story Gift of the
Magi
•• His stories are typically about ordinary
people living in New York. Because of his
witty, humorous style, his stories are still
popular today.

3. Setting
TIME
PLACE
SOCIAL

4. • Towers Chandler is an ordinary man living in New York. He earns
very little but once every ten weeks, he dresses up and goes for
a meal at one of the best restaurants in the city. On one of his
nights out, a girl named Marian bumps into him on the street and
falls, hurting her foot. Chandler invites her to join him for dinner.
They talk and Chandler pretends to be a wealthy man who does
not need to work. Marian seems to lose interest in him. After
dinner, they go their separate ways. At home, Marian and her
sister talk about the kind of man they would like to marry. Marian
reveals that she cannot love a rich man who does not work.
Synopsis

5. Characters
Towers
Chandler
Marion
JEFF WHITE
MAIN CHARACTERS
MINOR CHARACTERS
MRS BLACK
SISSIE
A young man who works
for a living, earning
eighteen dollars a week
Young lady from a rich
family
Towers Chandler's
friend
Towers Chandler's
landlady
Marian's sister

6. Plot Climax
Marian returns home and gets a scolding from
her sister for disappearing for two hours. It is
revealed that Marian is from a rich family.
Falling Action
Marian talks about her wish to
marry a man who has important
work to do even if he were poor.
Resolution
Marian thinks Chandler is just
another rich man and says that she
cannot love a man like him even
though he is attractive and kind.
Exposition
Towers Chandler is all dressed up like a rich
man for a night out. He meets his friend, Jeff
White, and tells him about his habit of saving
one dollar a week so that he can enjoy the
lifestyle of the rich once every ten weeks.
Rising Action
A girl dressed in an old hat and cheap coat knocks
into Chandler and falls, hurting her foot. Chandler
invites her to have dinner with him. The girl,
Marian, asks Chandler what he does. Chandler
pretends to be rich and tells her he does not work.
Marian loses interest in Chandler and they go their
separate ways. Chandler is disappointed and
regrets not telling Marian the truth.
PLOT

7. Themes

8. Moral Values

9. The end