Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. how does o. henry craft "after twenty years" to create surprise? the author uses parallel plots to make unlikely connections between the characters. the author focuses on jimmy to distract readers from the identity of the other policeman. the author presents false information about the characters throughout the story. the author withholds information about bob's true identity until the end of the story.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, the muttering retreats of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: how is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue? the narrator is using long, interconnected sentences. the narrator is able to see into two character's heads. the narrator is addressing the audience directly. the narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic